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Ermioni
Ermioni (Greek , Ancient Greek Hermione ) is a small port town and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece on the Argolid Peninsula. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ermionida, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 168.180 km2. It is a popular tourist resort. Geography The port town Ermioni is situated in the southeastern part of Argolis, on the coast of the Aegean Sea. It faces the islands of Hydra and Dokos. The municipal unit Ermioni also contains the communities Iliokastro (7 km north of Ermioni) and Thermisia (7 km east of Ermioni). It is 10 km east of Kranidi,17,27 km southwest of Porto Cheli 22 km southwest of Galatas and 44 km southeast of Nafplio. Ermioni is connected to Piraeus by ferry. History The place has been continuously inhabited, at least since the times of Homer. Long before classical times ancient Hermione was settled by Dryopians. During the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ermionida
Ermionida ( el, Ερμιονίδα) is a municipality in the Argolis regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Kranidi. The municipality has an area of 421 km2. Municipality The municipality Ermionida was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units: *Ermioni *Kranidi Province The province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ... of Ermionida ( el, Επαρχία Ερμιονίδας) was one of the three provinces of Argolis Prefecture. It was abolished in 2006. Its territory covered the territory of the present Ermionida municipality. References Municipalities of Peloponnese (region) Populated places in Argolis Provinces of Greece { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argolis
Argolis or Argolida ( el, Αργολίδα , ; , in ancient Greek and Katharevousa) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese, situated in the eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula and part of the tripoint area of Argolis, Arcadia and Corinthia. Much of the territory of this region is situated in the Argolid Peninsula. Geography Most arable land lies in the central part of Argolis. Its primary agricultural resources are oranges and olives. Argolis has a coastline on the Saronic Gulf in the northeast and on the Argolic Gulf in the south and southeast. Notable mountains ranges are the Oligyrtos in the northwest, Lyrkeio and Ktenia in the west, and Arachnaio and Didymo in the east. Argolis has land borders with Arcadia to the west and southwest, Corinthia to the north, and the Islands regional unit (Troezen area) to the east. Ancient Argolis included Troezen. History Parts of the history of the area can be found in the ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kranidi
Kranidi ( el, , Katharevousa: ) is a town and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ermionida, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of . Some say the name is derived from the word ''Koronida'', while others claim it is from the word ''Kranaos'', which means "rocky trough". It is situated in the eastern part of Argolis, on the easternmost "finger" of the Peloponnese peninsula. It is west of Ermioni, south of Epidaurus and southeast of Nafplio. Kranidi is known for being the location of second homes of several prominent celebrities, including Sean Connery and the Dutch head of state King Willem-Alexander and his wife Queen Máxima. Geography The area around Kranidi consists of low hills, covered with olive groves and small forests. The town itself is about from the coast. Several villages of the municipal unit Kranidi are on the Aegean Sea coas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spyridon Merkouris
Spyridon Mercouris ( el, Σπυρίδων Μερκούρης) (1856-1939) was a Greek politician and long-serving mayor of Athens in the early 20th century. He was born in Ermioni, Argolida, in 1856 to a prominent and wealthy family that had taken part in the Greek War of Independence in the 1820s.He was the son of Georgios Mercouris, captain and son of Spyridon Mercouris, and Theodora / Theodota, daughter of the chieftain of the Greek revolution and later MP of Ermionida and authorized representative in national assemblies Stamatis Mitsas, and sister of the military and also MP of Ermionida Antonios Mitsas. Through the Mitsa family, he was a close by marriage relative with the historical Zakynthian family of the Motsenigos. The Mercouri were an Arvanite family, originating in Argolida. Elected as mayor of Athens in 1899, he held the post continuously until 1914. As a committed conservative royalist, in summer 1917, during the National Schism, he was exiled to Corsica by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto Cheli
Porto Heli ( el, Πόρτο Χέλι, also ''Porto Cheli'') is a summer resort town in the municipality of Ermionida in the southeastern part of Argolis, Greece. It is situated on a bay of the Argolic Gulf, 6 km south of Kranidi and 40 km southeast of Nafplio. The island of Spetses is located 6 km south of Porto Heli. There are ferry connections from Porto Heli to the islands of Spetses, Hydra and Poros, and to Ermioni and Piraeus. There was a small private airport, Porto Cheli Airport, south of the town, but it's closed since 2004 and now the land was sold. The ancient city of Halieis (named ''Halike'' by Pausanias), excavated by Michael H. Jameson, is situated near Porto Heli.HALIEIS Argolid, Greece entry in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. The former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydra (island)
Hydra, or Ydra or Idra ( el, Ύδρα, Ýdra, , Arvanitika: Nύδρα/Nidhra), is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece, located in the Aegean Sea between the Myrtoan Sea and the Argolic Gulf. It is separated from the Peloponnese by a narrow strip of water. In ancient times, the island was known as Hydrea (Ὑδρέα, derived from the Greek word for "water"), a reference to the natural springs on the island. The municipality of Hydra consists of the islands Hydra (pop. 1,948, area ), Dokos (pop. 18, area ), and a few uninhabited islets, total area . The province of Hydra ( el, Επαρχία Ύδρας) was one of the provinces of the Argolis and Corinthia prefecture from 1833 to 1942, Attica prefecture from 1942 to 1964, Piraeus prefecture from 1964 to 1972 and then back to Attica as part of the newly establishment Piraeus prefecture of Attica prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality. It was abolished in 2006. Today the municipality o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poros
Poros ( el, Πόρος) is a small Greece, Greek island-pair in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf, about south from the port of Piraeus and separated from the Peloponnese by a wide sea channel, with the town of Galatas, Troizina, Galatas on the mainland across the strait. Its surface area is about and it has 3,780 inhabitants. The ancient name of Poros was Pogon. Like other ports in the Saronic, it is a popular weekend destination for Athenian travellers. Poros consists of two islands: Sphaeria ( el, Σφαιρία, ), the southern part, which is of volcanic origin, where today's city is located, and Kalaureia ( el, Καλαυρία, ), also Kalavria or Calauria (meaning 'gentle breeze'), the northern and largest part. A bridge connects the two islands over a narrow strait. Poros is an island with rich vegetation. Much of the northern and far eastern/western sides of the island are bushy, whereas large areas of old pine forest are found in the south and center of the isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Settlements In Argolis
This is a list of settlements in Argolis, Greece. * Achladokampos * Adami * Agia Triada * Agios Adrianos * Agios Dimitrios * Agios Nikolaos * Alea * Andritsa * Anyfi * Arachnaio * Archaia Epidavros * Argoliko * Argos * Aria * Arkadiko * Asini * Asklipieio * Borsas * Dalamanara * Didyma * Dimaina * Drepano * Elliniko * Ermioni * Fichti * Fournoi * Fregkaina * Frousiouna * Gymno * Iliokastro * Inachos * Ira * Iraio * Iria * Kaparelli * Karnezaiika * Karya * Kefalari * Kefalovryso * Kiveri * Koilada * Kourtaki * Koutsopodi * Kranidi * Laloukas * Lefkakia * Limnes * Lyrkeia * Malantreni * Manesis * Midea * Monastiraki * Mykines * Myloi * Nafplio * Nea Epidavros * Nea Kios * Nea Tiryntha * Neo Iraio * Neo Roeino * Neochori * Panaritis * Portocheli * Poullakida * Prosymna * Pyrgella * Pyrgiotika * Schinochori * Skafidaki * Skoteini * Sterna * Thermisia * Tolo * Tracheia * Vrousti By municipality {{Nafplio div See also *List of towns and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasus Of Hermione
Lasus of Hermione ( el, Λάσος ὁ Ἑρμιονεύς) was a Greek lyric poet of the 6th century BC from the city of Hermione in the Argolid. He is known to have been active at Athens under the reign of the Peisistratids. Pseudo-Plutarch's ''De Musica'' credits him with innovations in the dithyramb hymn. According to Herodotus, Lasus also exposed Onomacritus's forgeries of the oracles of Musaeus.Herodotus Herodotus ( ; grc, , }; BC) was an ancient Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria (Italy). He is known fo ... 7.6.3-5 Lasus is recorded to have written a now lost treatise on music, of which very little is known. References Sources * * Ancient Argolis Ancient Greek lyric poets 6th-century BC Greek people 6th-century BC poets Immigrants to Archaic Athens Ancient Greek musicians Dithyrambic poets Year of birth unknown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hestia
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Hestia (; grc-gre, Ἑστία, meaning "hearth" or "fireside") is the virgin goddess of the hearth, the right ordering of domesticity, the family, the home, and the state. In myth, she is the firstborn child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, and one of the Twelve Olympians. According to ancient Greek tradition, Hestia was along with four of her five siblings devoured by her own father Cronus as an infant due to his fear of being overthrown by one of his offspring, and was only freed when her youngest brother Zeus forced their father to disgorge the children he had eaten. Cronus and the rest of the Titans were cast down, and Hestia then became one of the Olympian gods, the new rulers of the cosmos, alongside her brothers and sisters. After the establishment of the new order and in spite of her status, Hestia withdraws from prominence in mythology, with few and sparse appearances in tales. Similar to what Athena and Artemis did, Hestia elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argolid Peninsula
The Argolid Peninsula is a peninsula situated in Greece in the Peloponnese, much of which is contained in the modern region of Argolis. One of the first major Greek settlements, Mycenae, is situated on this peninsula. During the Classical Greek era, the main settlements on this peninsula were Troezen, Hermione, and Epidaurus. During the Middle Ages, the settlement of Nafplio in the peninsula emerged as a major settlement, with the town serving as the capital of the First Hellenic Republic and of the Kingdom of Greece, from the start of the Greek Revolution The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted b ... in 1821 until 1834. Landforms of Argolis Peninsulas of Greece {{Greece-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermione (other)
Hermione may refer to: People * Hermione (given name), a female given name * Hermione (mythology), only daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology and original bearer of the name Arts and literature * ''Cadmus et Hermione'', an opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully * ''HERmione'', a novel by American poet, Hilda "H.D." Doolittle * "Letter to Hermione", a song by David Bowie on ''David Bowie'' (1969 album) * ''Hermione'' (opera), Max Bruch 1872 Characters * Hermione, a character in William Shakespeare's play ''The Winter's Tale'' * Hermione Granger, a character in ''Harry Potter'' * Hermione Lodge, mother of Veronica Lodge, in ''Archie Comics'' Biology * '' Aurotalis hermione'', a moth found in Zambia and part of the family Crambidae * '' Cycloponympha hermione'', a moth known from Xinavane, Mozambique, and part of the family Lyonetiidae * '' Epiphryne'' (syn. ''Hermione''), a genus of moth in the family Geometridae * '' Eurata hermione'', a moth that is part of subfamily Arctii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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