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XXIII. CALAURIA
The ruins of Calauria lie at the north-eastern corner of the Island of Poros. They
are very scanty and consist mainly of a few stoae, a propylaeum, and a very ancient
temple of Poseidon.
Calauria is known as the religious centre of a sacred league of maritime states of the
eastern coast of Greece. It goes back to pre-Dorian—perhaps even to pre-Achaean—
days (C.A.H. III. p. 650). The members were Epidaurus, Aegina, Athens, Boeotian
Orchomenos (through her subject-port Anthedon), Hermione, Prasiae (on the coast
of the Peloponnese), and Nauplia. After the Dorian conquest Argos replaces Nauplia,
and Sparta Prasiae.
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The ruins of Calauria lie at the north-eastern corner of the Island of Poros. They
are very scanty and consist mainly of a few stoae, a propylaeum, and a very ancient
temple of Poseidon.
Calauria is known as the religious centre of a sacred league of maritime states of the
eastern coast of Greece. It goes back to pre-Dorian—perhaps even to pre-Achaean—
days (C.A.H. III. p. 650). The members were Epidaurus, Aegina, Athens, Boeotian
Orchomenos (through her subject-port Anthedon), Hermione, Prasiae (on the coast
of the Peloponnese), and Nauplia. After the Dorian conquest Argos replaces Nauplia,
and Sparta Prasiae.
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