Lousoi
Coordinates: 38 ° 0 ′ 40.6 ″ N , 22 ° 5 ′ 50 ″ E
Lousoi ( Greek οἱ Λουσοί , also transcribed Lusoi ) was an ancient Greek city in the northern Peloponnese , at the foot of the Chelmos Mountains. In ancient times the area belonged to Arcadia , today to the province of Achaia . Lousoi was first independent, later it belonged to Kleitor .
Lousoi is best known because of its since the late 8th century BC. Important Artemis sanctuary . Excavations by the Athens branch of the Austrian Archaeological Institute first took place in the Artemis sanctuary in 1898/99. The temple of Artemis and the remains of the surrounding buildings were uncovered. Excavations resumed in 1981 and have continued in annual campaigns ever since. In addition to subsequent excavations in the Artemis Shrine, investigations were initially carried out in the Hellenistic living area of the city. Recently the foundations of a hall , a ring hall temple and another cult building have been excavated in the public center of the Hellenistic city .
literature
- Marion Holland McAllister: Lousoi, Arkadia, Greece . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .
- Wolfgang Reichel , Adolf Wilhelm : The sanctuary of Artemis at Lusoi . In: Annual books of the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Vienna 4, 1901, pp. 1–89.
- Christine Rogl: The Hellenistic relief cups from Lousoi . Austrian Archaeological Institute, Vienna 2008, ISBN 9783900305505 .
- Annual reports on the progress of the excavations in: annual books of the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Vienna or (since 2008) in the annual report on the homepage of the OeAI.
- Klaus Tausend (Ed.): Pheneos and Lousoi. Studies on the history and topography of Northeast Arcadia . Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-631-33857-0 .
- Veronika Mitsopoulos-Leon : The sanctuary of Artemis Hemera in Lousoi. Small finds from the excavations 1986 - 2000 . Special publications of the Austrian Archaeological Institute 47th Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-900305-61-1 .