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The Henge Monuments of the British Isles: Myth and Archaeology

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Submitted by AlexHunger on Sunday, 20 August 2006  Page Views: 6267

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Amfiaraio Alternative Name: Amphiareion at Oropos, Graia
Country: Greece
NOTE: This site is 0.115 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Central Greece Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Athens  Nearest Village: Athens
Latitude: 38.290740N  Longitude: 23.844530E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Amfiaraio
Amfiaraio submitted by AlexHunger : 4th Century sacred site with Bath, theatre and temple as well as settlement. Inhabited from Neolithic to Roman times. The temple was in the bottom right hand corners behind the trees, where the sacred spring still is, however the temple was washed away by torrents. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temple in Attica

Sanctury to the deified Attic king Amphiaraos who was also a seer and heeler. King Amphiaraos was mentioned in the Oedipus cycle plays attempting being involved in Oedipus' sons attempt to regain their Theban throne after the blinding of the tragic Hero.
The settlement of Oropos, however, existed in the neolithic and was first mentioned by Homer in the Iliad as Graia. This small town seems to have become uninhabited around the 2nd century CE
The site is wedged into a NW/SE oriented valley. There was a medium sized 4th century BCE Doric temple, which was unfortunately largely washed away by the local Charadra stream in late antiquitity. The remains of the bath, heater and very long 110 Meter Stoa are more visible. There are pedestal for Roman era statues. The setlement is visible across the seam bed, but this is difficult to cross on account of prickly vegetation.
There is suposed to be a Mycenean tomb in the immediate vicinity.

129 Meters altitude.
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Amfiaraio
Amfiaraio submitted by AlexHunger : 4th Century sacred site with bath, theatre and temple as well as settlement. Inhabited from Neolithic to Roman times. Remains of bath. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Amfiaraio
Amfiaraio submitted by AlexHunger : 4th Century sacred site with bath, theatre and temple as well as settlement. Inhabited from Neolithic to Roman times. Remains of the theatre. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Amphiareion-4, Attica, Greece November 1975
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Amphiareion of Oropos-2, Attica, Greece  November 1975
Amphiareion of Oropos-1, Attica, Greece  November 1975

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