Helike
Sign in to saveHelike (; , pronounced , modern ) was an ancient Greek polis or city-state that was submerged by a tsunami in the winter of 373 BC.
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- Ancient site.name
- Helike
- Ancient site.native_name
- Ἑλίκη
- Ancient site.map_type
- Greece
- Ancient site.map_alt
- Location in Greece
- Ancient site.map_size
- 250px
- Ancient site.location
- Achaea regional unit, Greece
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.condition
- In ruins
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- Rediscovery
- Previous attempts
- Rediscovery in 2001
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Helike (; , pronounced , modern ) was an ancient Greek polis or city-state that was submerged by a tsunami in the winter of 373 BC.
It was located in the regional unit of Achaea, northern Peloponnesos, two kilometres (12 stadia) from the Corinthian Gulf and near the city of Boura, which, like Helike, was a member of the Achaean League. Modern research attributes the catastrophe to an earthquake and accompanying tsunami which destroyed and submerged the city.
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