Polydrosos () is a village and a community of the Delphi municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of

Parnassos Mount Parnassus (; el, Παρνασσός, ''Parnassós'') is a mountain range of central Greece that is and historically has been especially valuable to the Greek nation and the earlier Greek city-states for many reasons. In peace, it offers ...

, of which it was a municipal district. The community of Polydrosos covers an area of 38.672 km².

History

Signs of civilization in the area are going back in the early-Greek era (3rd millennium BC). After the destruction of some

phocis Phocis ( el, Φωκίδα ; grc, Φωκίς) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It stretches from the western mountainsides of Parnassus on the east to the mountain range of Va ...

cities and settlements from

Philip II of Macedon Philip II of Macedon ( grc-gre, Φίλιππος ; 382 – 21 October 336 BC) was the king ('' basileus'') of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC. He was a member of the Argead dynasty, founders of the a ...

, the ancient city of

Lilaea In Greek mythology, Lilaea or Lilaia (Ancient Greek: Λίλαια) may refer to two different women: * Lilaea, a Naiad of a spring of the same name. She was the daughter of the river god Cephissus. The ancient ''polis'' of Lilaea, and the modern ...

merged with the near town of Erochus that was placed in the nowadays Polydrosos cemetery area.

Administrative division

The community of Polydrosos consists of three separate settlements: *Ano Polydrosos (population 13 as of 2021) *Livadi (uninhabited) *Polydrosos (population 1,014)

Population

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{{Delphi div Populated places in Phocis Delphi Mount Parnassus

History

Administrative division

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