Patroclus (island)
| Patroclus (Πάτροκλος) | ||
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| Waters | Saronic Gulf , Mediterranean | |
| Geographical location | 37 ° 39 '2 " N , 23 ° 57' 2" E | |
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| length | 2.5 km | |
| width | 1.5 km | |
| surface | 2.8 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 240 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Patroklos ( Greek Πάτροκλος ( m. Sg. ), Also Gaidouronisi Γαϊδουρονήσι ( n. Sg. )) Is an island in the Saronic Gulf , about 850 meters off the southeast coast of Attica . It is located about 3 kilometers west of Cape Sounion and covers about 2.8 km². Together with the municipality of Keratea, the island was added to the new municipality of Lavrio in 2011 . It is privately owned by the Greek Giatrakou family, but without permanent settlement. It is currently for sale for 150 million euros.
In ancient times the island was called Patroklou charax ( ancient Greek Πατρόκλου χάραξ , Patrocli insula , Latin Patrocli insula ) and was named after an admiral Patroclus of the Egyptian pharaoh Ptolemy II , who built a fortification on the island for the Athenians in Chremon War against Macedonian supremacy in Greece came to the rescue. Another name passed down from antiquity is Kopros ( Κόπρος 'Kot').
In 1979, a team of researchers from the Greek Institute of Marine Archeology examined the area around the island. In ancient times the island was an important anchorage for ships that sailed around Cape Sounion and anchored here on their way to Piraeus or other ports in the Saronic Gulf. Some rocks, now below sea level, screened a safe bay. A particularly large number of relics from shiploads from the early Byzantine period were found here, as well as two shipwrecks, one of them from the 5th or 4th century BC. Chr.
Web links
- Brief portrait of the island
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ελευθεροτυπία, ιδιωτικά νησια . Report on privately owned Greek islands at enet.gr (Greek)
- ↑ Private islands a top target for investors
- ^ William Smith: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, illustrated by numerous engravings on wood, London (Walton and Maberly) 1854. ( online )
- ↑ Theodoros D. Dalakoglou: Anavyssos, o topos, i anthropi, i zoi ( online )
- ↑ Report ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Greek Institute of Marine Archeology (Greek)
