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Olous

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Emmanuel
July 23, 2019
Within short distance from Elounda, near the salt pans, we meet few remains of the ancient city Olous (most inside the sea) that was inhabited since the Minoan period. Olous was one of the hundred most important cities of ancient Crete with a maximum population of over 30,000 people. The administrative system of Olous was Eunomia, a kind of democracy. In Olous Tallean Zeus, Apollo and Vritomartis (Artemis) were worshipped. It minted its own coins. The historician Svoronos indicate 11 different types of coins. Most of them represented on one side Vritomartis Artemis and on the other Zeus with an eagle, a dolphin or a star. The edge of Olounda continued until the first Byzantine period as we can see by the Basilicas of Poros with the marvelous mosaic and the Basilica of Kolokytha with exceptional white marble.
Within short distance from Elounda, near the salt pans, we meet few remains of the ancient city Olous (most inside the sea) that was inhabited since the Minoan period. Olous was one of the hundred most important cities of ancient Crete with a maximum population of over 30,000 people. The administrat…
Hinda
July 4, 2022
Olous is the ancient name of “Elounda” and was a Minoan city consisting of 40.000 inhabitants. Due to the volcano eruption on Santorini and the gradual sinking of the East-Cretan soil, this city sunk for the most part under water. Archaeologists have found statues, vases and coins on which the name “Olous” has been engraved, just like the ancient texts which connect Knossos to the Island of Rhodos. The city is to be admired from the country-side by swimming or snorkelling.
Olous is the ancient name of “Elounda” and was a Minoan city consisting of 40.000 inhabitants. Due to the volcano eruption on Santorini and the gradual sinking of the East-Cretan soil, this city sunk for the most part under water. Archaeologists have found statues, vases and coins on which the name…

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