Olynthus
Sign in to saveOlynthus ( Olynthos) is an ancient city in present-day Chalcidice, Greece. It was built mostly on two flat-topped hills 30–40m in height, in a fertile plain at the head of the Gulf of Torone, near the neck of the peninsula of Pallene, about 2.5 kilometers from the sea, and about 60 stadia (c. 9–10 kilometers) from Poteidaea.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Olynthus
- Ancient site.image
- Bouleuterion in Olynthos 2.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Bouleuterion of ancient Olynthus
- Ancient site.map_type
- Greece#Mediterranean
- Ancient site.map_alt
- Olynthus is located in northern Greece
- Ancient site.location
- Olynthus, Central Macedonia, Greece
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.part_of
- Chalcidian League
- Ancient site.length
- 1500
- Ancient site.width
- 400
- Ancient site.built
- 7th century BC
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 318 BC
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- David Moore Robinson, Mary Ross Ellingson
- Ancient site.condition
- Ruined
- Ancient site.ownership
- Public
- Ancient site.management
- 16th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
- Ancient site.website
- Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Neolithic
- Archaic
- Classical
- Destruction by Philip II
- Site topography
- Neolithic
- Archaic
- Classical
- Archaeology
- Notable people
- Modern Olynthos
- See also
- References
- Notes
- External links
Olynthus ( Olynthos) is an ancient city in present-day Chalcidice, Greece. It was built mostly on two flat-topped hills 30–40m in height, in a fertile plain at the head of the Gulf of Torone, near the neck of the peninsula of Pallene, about 2.5 kilometers from the sea, and about 60 stadia (c. 9–10 kilometers) from Poteidaea.
Olynthus served as head of the Chalcidian League from its inception just before the Peloponnesian War to the time the city was destroyed in the Social War. The city flourished between 432 BCE and its destruction by Philip II of Macedon in 348 BCE. It was finally abandoned in 316 BCE. Excavations were conducted across four seasons, spanning from 1928 to 1938. Artefacts found during the excavations of the site are exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Olynthos.In the modern day the city is famous for its well preserved household and urban architecture. pg.viii
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Olynthus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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