Foukas

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Foukas (Φουκάς)
View from the south of the Foukas

View from the south of the Foukas

height 873  m
location Korinthia Regional Unit , Peloponnese
Coordinates 37 ° 51 '42 "  N , 22 ° 44' 17"  E Coordinates: 37 ° 51 '42 "  N , 22 ° 44' 17"  E
Foukas (Greece)
Foukas

Foukas ( Greek Φουκάς ) or Selinoudio ( Greek Σελινούντιο ) is a 873 m high mountain in Korinthia about 18 km southwest of Corinth . In ancient times he was called Apesas ( Greek  Ἀπέσας ), Aphesas or Apesantus. It can be seen from a distance because it is flattened at the top.

The apesas belonged to the sphere of influence of the Nemean lion . According to tradition, there is said to have been an altar for Zeus Apesantos on the mountain . This altar could be located in the east of the plateau. Many pottery shards were found here, mixed with ashes and animal bones. The pottery shards come from the Geometric Era , Archaic and Classical times . Perseus is said to have been the first to sacrifice Zeus here.

In the Middle Ages, the Foka Castle ( Greek Κάστρο Φωκά ) was built southwest just below the plateau . It is not known whether this happened as early as the Middle Byzantine period or under the Franks in the 13th century. However, they played only a subordinate role, since it depends heavily fortified strongholds like Akrokorinth , Polyfengo and Kastro Agiou Vasiliou was surrounded. The associated settlement of Fouka is mentioned in an Ottoman document. In the work of the Italian traveler Girolamo Albrizzi, who traveled to the Peloponnese in 1684 , there is a picture of the Foica castle , which was very likely to be Foukas. The church of Zoodochos Pigi was built within the castle around 1700. Whether the castle was now used as a monastery is disputed. According to tradition, the nearby caves are considered a refuge for ascetics . Until the fire in 2007, the Foukas with cypress trees existed.

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Publius Papinius Statius : Thebais , 3, 460
  2. ↑ Pliny the Elder : Naturalis historia , 4, 17
  3. ^ Hesiod : Theogony , 329
  4. ↑ Catherine Morgan : The Late Bronze Age Settlement and Early Iron Age Sanctuary: The Late Bronze Age Settlement and Early Iron Age Sanctuary , Princeton 1999, ISBN 978-0876619384 , pp. 316, 319, 467
  5. ^ Pausanias : Travels in Greece , 2, 15, 3
  6. ↑ Girolamo Albrizzi: Esatta notitia del Peloponneso volgarmente penisola della Morea divisa in otto provincie , Venice 1687, p. 23 ( online )