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Revision as of 11:07, 29 February 2012 by Markussep (talk | contribs) (partial cleanup, merge)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Lousoi (Template:Lang-grc, Template:Lang-la) was an ancient city in Arcadian Azania, Greece. It was situated at about 1,200 m elevation in the Aroanian mountains, near present Kalavryta. Lousoi was situated on the border of the city-states Pheneus and Cleitor. In one version of the story of Proetus's daughters, Melampus leads them to Lousoi where they were healed of their madness in a sanctuary of Artemis. Agesilas, winner in the sporting road at the Pydiada (Πυδιάδα) in 542 BC was from Lousoi. When Pausanias visited the area in the 2nd century AD, nothing remained of the town.
During the council war 220-217 BC, the Aetolians arrived at the temple of Artemis that was respected from all the Greeks as sacred shelter.
The location of the ancient city has been found and excavations are continued to the present, it is 15 km from Kalavryta near in the village of Kato Lousoi (formerly Soudena). The temple of Artemis has been excavated, as well as some of the surrounding buildings.. Its remains have been found in 1897 by the archeologists Wilhelm Dörpfeld and Adolf Wilhelm, and have been excavated by the Austrian Archaeological Institute at Athens. The first excavations began in 1898 by the Athens branch of the Austrian Archaeological Institute </ref>.
References
- Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut
- Pausanias Description of Greece 8.18
- culture.gr
External links
- Excavations in Lousoi, photos and plans of the ancient city
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