Cataclysms

Prehistoric Phrygia

Prehistoric People of Greece

100 (π-1)

    *Correction (third part, third line): Therapne was a city to the northeast of Sparta.

Ancient Anagyros

Measurements: August 2002


An uknown Pelasgian site

Anagyros or Anagyrous is an ancient deme (municipality) of Attica at the southern suburbs of modern Athens. Today it is called Vari and is located between Voula and Varkiza at the southern end of Mt. Hymettos. The name is probably related to the plant anagyros and is mentioned by Aristophanes in Lysistrata and Pausanias (A' 31.1).

About 20 years ago (1987-1992) I was searching the area and found an interesting Pelasgian settlement on one of the hills. The hill is located across the junction of Leoforos Varis and Kalymnou under a larger hill. (There are six photos in Google-Earth showing the position).

These rooms near the summit of the hill have been carved in the bedrock. They are A (left) and B (right) of the diagram.

The front part of the "throne"

This strange object that looks like a huge sofa in the front is located about ten meters above the rooms (east) and most of it is covered by earth.

The gate is on the summit of the hill about 15m above the "throne". It is also carved in the bedrock but most of it is now broken because of the trees. This is the NE side of it.





The Pnyx

Measurements: May - September 2002

The Hill of the Pnyx

The rocky hill is located to the west of the Acropolis between the Hill of the Muses and the Hill of the Nymphs. It was named Pnyx - from the word "πυκνός" (pyknos, dense) - because it was overpopulated.

The radius of the Pnyx, from the bema to the polygonal walls, is about the length of the Parthenon.

In historical times Pnyx was the meeting place of the Athenian ekklesia (assebly). The bema (step) was the

speakers' platform.

The length of the first step on the eastern side (facing the Parthenon) is 14 MC (1/100 of the radius-distance between Parthenon and this bema).