After continuing boundary disputes with the hillfort of Lato,[4] the citizens of Olous eventually entered into a treaty with those of Lato.[5] There was a temple to Britomartis in the city, a wooden statue of whom was erected by Daedalus, the mythical ancestor of the Daedalidae, and father of Cretan art.[6] Her effigy is represented on the coins of Olous.[7]
Present conditions
Archaeologists discovered ancient texts within the ruins linking the town with the ancient cities of Knossos and the island of Rhodes.[8] The sunken city can be visited by tourists swimming in Elounda Bay. Today, the only visible remnants of the city are some scattered wall bases.
olous, olus, ancient, greek, Ὄλους, Ὄλουλις, city, ancient, crete, sunken, situated, present, town, elounda, crete, greece, according, stadiasmus, maris, magni, harbour, located, stadia, from, chersonasus, stadia, from, camara, contents, history, present, cond. Olous or Olus Ancient Greek Ὄloys 1 2 or Ὄloylis 3 was a city of ancient Crete now sunken it was situated at the present day town of Elounda Crete Greece According to the Stadiasmus Maris Magni it had a harbour and was located 260 stadia from Chersonasus and 15 stadia from Camara 3 Contents 1 History 2 Present conditions 3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesHistory EditAfter continuing boundary disputes with the hillfort of Lato 4 the citizens of Olous eventually entered into a treaty with those of Lato 5 There was a temple to Britomartis in the city a wooden statue of whom was erected by Daedalus the mythical ancestor of the Daedalidae and father of Cretan art 6 Her effigy is represented on the coins of Olous 7 Present conditions EditArchaeologists discovered ancient texts within the ruins linking the town with the ancient cities of Knossos and the island of Rhodes 8 The sunken city can be visited by tourists swimming in Elounda Bay Today the only visible remnants of the city are some scattered wall bases See also EditList of ancient Greek citiesNotes Edit Periplus of Pseudo Scylax p 19 Xenion ap Stephanus of Byzantium Ethnica Vol s v Ptolemy The Geography Vol 3 17 5 a b Stadiasmus Maris Magni 350 C Michael Hogan Lato Fieldnotes The Modern Antiquarian Jan 10 2008 Dittenberger Syll No 712 English translation Pausan ix 40 3 Eckhel vol ii p 316 Theodore Edme Mionnet Descr vol ii p 289 Combe Mus Hunter SEG 23 547 treaty between Rhodes and Olous References Edit This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Smith William ed 1854 1857 Olus Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography London John Murray Tourist site of the Spina Longa areaCoordinates 35 15 28 N 25 44 20 E 35 257679 N 25 738816 E 35 257679 25 738816 This article about a location in Ancient Crete is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Olous amp oldid 1108001554, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
