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Αρχαιολογικά χρονικά

• Θέμελης, Πέτρος Γ.

A. Mycenaean finds from EretriaA clay Mycenaean idol of type Φ (f i g s. 1 - 2) with some obsidian blades (fi g, 4, 25) found by chance on the SE slope of the Eretrian Acropolis, and a steatite button (fig. 4, j) with a few Mycenaean sherds (fig. 3), discovered during excavation at Eretria, serve to prove the truth of the reports (AA 1922, 316. Simpson, G.A.M.S., 1965, 167, 562) that Mycenaean occupation must have existed on the Acropolis above and to bring under consideration the opinion of J. Boardman, H. Sackett and K. Schefold, who recognise the prehistoric sites of Amarynthos and Lefkandi as the probable candidates for identification with Old (Mycenaean) Eretria.B. Geometric from ChalkisThe existance of a disturbed late Geometric level without definite architectural remains (evidently destroyed through continuous occupation of the site) on the hill, lying between the Venetian aqueduct «Kamares» and the modern quarter of «Gyftika» in Chalkis, is enough evidence to identify the place with the site of the vigorous city of Chalkis of the time of Amphidamas, the city of the bold seafarers, who carried the Greek alphabet to the West. The cemetery of the site must have been situated on the hill lying West of the modern cemetery of Snt John, where two cist graves were excavated. In one of them the hydria (figs. 6-7) was found. The influence of Cycladic pottery of the late 8th c. B.C. is evident particularly in the yellow-whitish slip and the heraldic motive of the horses climbing the « Tree of Life » (Cf. the huge crater from Kourion in New York, whose Cycladic origin was proved by Professor Kontoleon ( AE 1945/7, 11, fig. 4). The Mycenaean city of the « great hearted » Abantes and the megaron of their «leader » Elephinor ( Homer Iliad, II 540 ) still remain unknown.C. Roman finds from AliveriThe marble grave stele (fig. 8), (Η: 1,12 m. Β: 0,56 m ), probably to be dated to the 2nd c. A.D., was found by chance in the area of the Electricity Factory of Δ.Ε.Η. at Aliveri. The presentation of the palliatus dead man, whose name: ΕΡΕΝΝΙΟΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ, is written on the epistyle, and the young boy on his right, staring at him, follow Attic prototypes of the second half of the 4th c. B.C. Four late Roman vases were given to the Museum together with the stele.

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