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Iolcus in History & Today

editor — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 18:16:00 +0000

The Mycenaean site at Dimini near \blos was first excavated at the end of the twentieth century. As a town and palace – the only Mycenaean palace in Thessaly – served by major roads, its importance soon became apparent. Finds of high-status imports from Syria and Asia Minor confirmed Dimini’s strong trading links, allowing archaeologists to identify it as mythological Iolcus. Dimini’s history stretches back much further. In the early fifth millennium bc a thriving Late Neolithic city was built on the hilltop above what was then an inlet on the north coast of the Gulf of Pagasae. The settlement

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Iolcus & Mount Pelion: Centaurs, Weddings & the Voyage for the Golden Fleece

editor — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 20:28:00 +0000

You would never grow bored of Pelion or of its way of life. You would never weary of its ash trees, grown strong in the breeze, which make straight spear shafts, never snapping at the spearhead. Nor would you tire of its caves – they are so beautiful! – or its springs or the female centaurs gathered round them. Overlook their equine element and they look like water nymphs; dwell on it and they seem like Amazons, for their womanly good looks are but enhanced by seeing them joined to their equine bodies. They are so beautiful! The morning is

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