Attica - Brauron, Olympiacos CFP, Athens Prefecture, Marathon Dam, Parnitha, Penteliko Mountain, Attica Periphery, East Attica (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Brauron, Olympiacos CFP, Athens Prefecture, Marathon Dam, Parnitha, Penteliko Mountain, Attica Periphery, East Attica, List of settlements in Attica, Attiki Odos, Aigosthena, West Attica, Hymettus, Piraeus Prefecture, North Athens, Archaeological Museum of Eleusis, Central Athens, Islands, South Athens, West Athens, Davelis Cave, Geraneia, Thriasian Plain, Egaleo, Atticism, Phaleron Bay, Petalies Gulf, Mpafi, Alkyonides Gulf, Attica Railways, Faliro, Tourkovounia, Tele Tora, South Euboean Gulf, Megara Gulf, Attica and Boeotia Prefecture, Sykia, Voula, Salamis Bay, Neapoli Stadium, Zygomalas Museum of Avlona, Athens International Airport Archaeological Collection, Yiannis Pathiakakis Stadium, Archaeological Museum of Lavrion, Skouze Hill, Archaeological Museum of Marathon. Excerpt: The sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron (Ancient Greek; Modern Greek - Vravrona or Vravronas) is an early sacred site on the eastern coast of Attica near the Aegean Sea in a small inlet. The inlet has silted up since ancient times, pushing the current shoreline farther from the site. A nearby hill, c. 24 m high and 220 m to the southeast, was inhabited during the Neolithic era, c. 2000 BCE, and flourished particularly from Middle Helladic to early Mycenaean times (2000-1600 BC) as a fortified site (acropolis). Occupation ceased in the LHIIIb period, and the acropolis was never significantly resettled after this time. There is a gap in the occupation of the site from LHIIIb until the 8th century BCE. Brauron was one of the twelve ancient settlements of Attica prior to the synoikismos of Theseus, who unified them with Athens. The cult of Artemis Brauronia connected the coastal (rural) sanctuary at Brauron with another (urban) sanctuary on the acropolis in Athens, the Brauroneion, from which there was a procession every four year...