Kalapodi

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Local community Kalapodi
Τοπική Κοινότητα Καλαποδίου
(Καλαπόδι)
Kalapodi (Greece)
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Basic data
Country GreeceGreece Greece
region Central Greece
Regional district Fthiotida
local community Lokri
Geographic coordinates 38 ° 38 '  N , 22 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 38 '  N , 22 ° 53'  E
Height above d. M. 350  m
(average)
surface 37.659 km²
Residents 444 (2011)
Population density 11.80 inhabitants / km²
Church Evangelismou tis Theotokou in Kalapodi.

Kalapodi ( Greek Καλαπόδι ) is a place in central Greece . It is located near the larger town of Atalandi in the municipality of Lokri and is best known for its archaeological site.

sanctuary

The sanctuary was founded in the Mycenaean period and seems to have been in use without interruption until the Roman Empire . That is why the place is of great importance for the study of the so-called Dark Ages on the Greek mainland. Two temples were built in the archaic period , the northern one probably dedicated to the god Apollo , the southern his sister Artemis . 480 BC The sanctuary was destroyed by the Persians ; only the northern temple was rebuilt afterwards.

The site is under the supervision of the 14th Ephoria for Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities .

Archaeological research

Kalapodi was excavated between 1972 and 1982 under the direction of Rainer Felsch . Since 2004 the research has been continued as a project of the German Archaeological Institute in Athens under the direction of Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier . The focus is on the southern temple and its predecessor buildings, which, according to the latest findings, go back to at least the 14th century BC. BC, if not even in the Middle Helladic period . Consecration gifts from prehistoric to Roman times also provide information about the development of the cult. The results of these excavations indicate that the sanctuary of Kalapodi is the long sought Apollo oracle of Abai . Remains of wall paintings were found in the Temple of Apollo. They are executed in a secco and show two hoplite armies facing each other in battle. The paintings date to the second half of the seventh century BC. Greek wall paintings from this period are otherwise extremely rare.

During the summer 2009 campaign, the work was recorded in a film project called LISAvideo sponsored by the Gerda Henkel Foundation . The recordings were published in ten episodes on LISA , the science portal of the Gerda Henkel Foundation.

In 2014, geophysical prospecting discovered numerous remains of structural structures in the area surrounding the sanctuary. Future excavations should clarify the relationship between these buildings and the sanctuary.

literature

  • Rainer Felsch u. a .: Kalapodi. Results of the excavations in the sanctuary of Artemis and Apollo of Hyampolis in ancient Phocis . Vol. 1-2, Zabern, Mainz 1996-2007.
  • Sebastian Prignitz, On the identification of the sanctuary of Kalapodi , Journal for Papyrology and Epigraphy 189, 2014, 133–146.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
  2. ↑ Dimitris Plantzos : The Art of Painting in Ancient Greece , Athens, 2018 ISBN 978-618-5209-20-9 , pp. 67–69, figs. 66–67