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"Epidaurus (/ˌɛpɪˈdɔːrəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἐπίδαυρος Epidauros) was a small city (polis) in ancient Greece, on the Argolid Peninsula at the Saronic Gulf.
"Epidaurus was independent of Argos and not included in Argolis until the time of the Romans. With its supporting territory, it formed the small territory called Epidauria. Reputed to be founded by or named for the Argolid Epidaurus, and to be the birthplace of Apollo's son Asclepius the healer, Epidaurus was known for its sanctuary situated about five miles (8 km) from the town, as well as its theater, which is once again in use today. The cult of Asclepius at Epidaurus is attested in the 6th century BC, when the older hill-top sanctuary of Apollo Maleatas was no longer spacious enough.
"The asclepeion at Epidaurus was the most celebrated healing center of the Classical world, the place where ill people went in the hope of being cured. To find out the right cure for their ailments, they spent a night in the enkoimeteria, a big sleeping hall. In their dreams, the god himself would advise them what they had to do to regain their health. Within the sanctuary there was a guest house with 160 guestrooms. There are also mineral springs in the vicinity, which may have been used in healing.
"The prosperity brought by the asclepeion enabled Epidaurus to construct civic monuments, including the huge theatre that delighted Pausanias for its symmetry and beauty, used again today for dramatic performances, the ceremonial hestiatoreion (banqueting hall), and a palaestra. The ancient theatre of Epidaurus was designed by Polykleitos the Younger in the 4th century BC. The original 34 rows were extended in Roman times by another 21 rows. As is usual for Greek theatres (and as opposed to Roman ones), the view on a lush landscape behind the skênê is an integral part of the theatre itself and is not to be obscured. It seats up to 14,000 people."
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"Mycenae (Greek: Μυκῆναι Mykēnai or Μυκήνη Mykēnē) is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece.
"In the second millennium BC, Mycenae was one of the major centres of Greek civilisation, a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece, Crete, the Cyclades and parts of southwest Anatolia. The period of Greek history from about 1600 BC to about 1100 BC is called Mycenaean in reference to Mycenae. At its peak in 1350 BC, the citadel and lower town had a population of 30,000 and an area of 32 hectares.
"The first correct identification of Mycenae in modern literature was during a survey conducted by Francesco Grimani, commissioned by the Provveditore Generale of the Kingdom of the Morea in 1700, who used Pausanias's description of the Lion Gate to identify the ruins of Mycenae."
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he Austrian officer and author Amand Schweiger Lerchenfeld (1846-1910) was born in Vienna. After graduating from the Wiener Neustadt Military Academy, he enlisted in the Army and took part in the 1866 Italy campaign. He resigned his commission in 1871 and started travelling and writing. He later founded the "Stein der Weisen" newspaper, of which he was also editor.
In 1873 Schweiger Lerchenfeld made his first trip to Italy and in 1875 he toured Greece. In 1876 he started recording his impressions from his travels in Armenia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Pontus, the East, the Adriatic Sea, Italy, Greece, Africa, the Danube to the Caucasus, and elsewhere. He published some thirty-three works, travel accounts as well as books of naturalist, ethnographic and cartographic interest, atlases and leisure reading. In addition to the present work, Schweiger Lerchenfeld published a travel guide to Greece in 1890.
The description of the journey in Greece starts from Athens and Attica, and continues on to the Peloponnese (Corinth, Argolis, Laconia, Messenia, Arcadia, Elis, Achaea). Again starting out from Athens, the author made another trip to Boeotia, Phocis, Locris, Phthiotis, Aetolia and Acarnania, Epirus and Thessaly. From Volos, Schweiger Lerchenfeld visited the Sporades, Euboea, almost all of the Cyclades and the Saronic Islands. He completed his journey with the Ionian Islands.
The edition is illustrated with sixty plates, and one hundred and forty vignettes in the texts. The author gives information on places and people, on historical and contemporary events, at times in a somewhat romantic style, at others taking a more critical stance.
Written by Ioli Vingopoulou
Avusturyalı subay ve yazar Amand Schweiger Lerchenfeld (1846-1910) Viyana'da doğar. Wiener Neustadt Askeri Akademisinden mezun olduktan sonra orduya girip 1866 yılında İtalya seferine katılır. 1871'de ordudan istifa edip seyahat etmeye başlar. Daha sonra ise (1889) Stein der Weisen gazetesini kurup başyazarlığında çalışır.
1873 yılında ilk yolculuğuna çıkıp İtalya'ya gider, 1875'te ise Yunanistan'ı ziyaret eder. 1876 yılından itibaren, Ermenistan, Bosna, Bulgaristan, Karadeniz, Anadolu, Adriyatik denizi, İtalya, Yunanistan, Afrika, ve Tuna nehrinden Kafkas bölgesine kadar yaptığı gezilerden izlenimlerini kaleme alır. Toplamı 33 tane kitabı bulan eserleri arasında seyahatnamelerden başka doğa bilimi, etnografya, haritacılıkla ilgili hatta eğlendirme amaçlı yayınlar, Atlaslar v.s. bulunmakta. Sözkonusu yayın dışında Yunanistan'la ilgili bir de Rehber yayınladı (1890).
Yunanistan seyahati betimlemesi Atina ve Attika'dan başlayıp Peloponez'le devam eder [Korint, Argolida (Arhos ve çevresi), İsparta, Messini, Arkadya, İlia (Elis), Ahaia]. Gine Atina'dan yola çıkarak Schweiger Lerchenfeld Beotia, Fokida, Lokrida, Fthiotida'yı gezer, Aetolia, Akarnania ve Epir bölgelerine devam eder, oradan Tesalya'ya gelir. Gezgin yazar Volos'tan Sporad adalarına ve Eğriboz'a geçer, yolculuk nihayet İyon adalarında son bulur.
Kitap metinlerden bağımsız olan dekor amaçlı 60 adet gravür ve ayrıca metin içerisinde sözkonusu yerler ve anıtlara ilişkin daha küçük boyutta 140 tane gravürle tamamlanmakta. Yerler ve insanlar hakkında verilen bilgiler hem tarihî hem çağdaş olaylara ilişkin. Bunlar kâh romantik kâh eleştirel bir tarzla betimlenmekte.
Yazan: İoli Vingopoulou
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Archeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns, Greece
Date of Inscription: 1999
Prefecture of Argois, Region of the Peloponnesos
The archeological sites of Mycenae and Tiryns are the imposing ruins of the two greatest cities of the Mycenaean civilization, which dominated the eastern Mediterranean world from the 15th to the 12th century B.C. and played a vital role in the development of classical Greek culture.
These two cities are indissolubly linked to the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, which have influenced European art and literature for more than three millennia.
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"Mycenae (Greek: Μυκῆναι Mykēnai or Μυκήνη Mykēnē) is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece.
"In the second millennium BC, Mycenae was one of the major centres of Greek civilisation, a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece, Crete, the Cyclades and parts of southwest Anatolia. The period of Greek history from about 1600 BC to about 1100 BC is called Mycenaean in reference to Mycenae. At its peak in 1350 BC, the citadel and lower town had a population of 30,000 and an area of 32 hectares.
"The first correct identification of Mycenae in modern literature was during a survey conducted by Francesco Grimani, commissioned by the Provveditore Generale of the Kingdom of the Morea in 1700, who used Pausanias's description of the Lion Gate to identify the ruins of Mycenae."
Source: Wikipedia
© George Voudouris, 2011. All Rights Reserved. No usage allowed including copying or sharing without written permission.
"Mycenae (Greek: Μυκῆναι Mykēnai or Μυκήνη Mykēnē) is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece.
"In the second millennium BC, Mycenae was one of the major centres of Greek civilisation, a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece, Crete, the Cyclades and parts of southwest Anatolia. The period of Greek history from about 1600 BC to about 1100 BC is called Mycenaean in reference to Mycenae. At its peak in 1350 BC, the citadel and lower town had a population of 30,000 and an area of 32 hectares.
"The first correct identification of Mycenae in modern literature was during a survey conducted by Francesco Grimani, commissioned by the Provveditore Generale of the Kingdom of the Morea in 1700, who used Pausanias's description of the Lion Gate to identify the ruins of Mycenae."
Source: Wikipedia