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	(23) Olynthos/Chalkidian League, Macedon (Greece) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Bibliography: D.M. Robinson and P.A. Clement, Excavations at Olynthos IX: the Chalcidic mint and the excavation coins found in 1928-1934 (Baltimore 1938).
		Olynthos was one of several towns founded by the Euboian city Chalkis in the three-fingered peninsula in southern Macedonia that became known as the Chalkidike.
		In the early years of the Peloponnesian War several of the cities in the Chalkidike formed the Chalikidian League, which was based in Olynthos and which issued its own federal coinage.
	www.lawrence.edu /dept/art/buerger/catalogue/023.html (150 words)

	Halkidiki History & Culture - Archaeological Places, sightseeing - Olynthos
		According to the mythology Olynthos was the son of Strymonas, King of Thrace and he was killed in a lion hunting.
		Thus, Olynthos was so reinforced, according to the historic Xenofon, that could keep a military force of 20,000 men.
		The foundation of the Common of the Halkidis, that is the political union of 32 towns of Halkidiki under the aegis of Olynthos, it contributed to the further development of the town.
	www.gohalkidiki.com /en/history/arxaia/olynthos.asp (1139 words)

	Olynthos
		Olynthos, whose pre-Hellenic name means wild fig-tree, was founded in the 7th century BC in Chalkidike by the Bottiaioi.
		In 432 BC the king of Macedonia Perdikkas II persuaded the Chalkidian cities to desert the Athenian Confederacy and form the Chalkidian League.
		Olynthos tried to resist the expansionist schemes of Philip II, and as a result was entirely destroyed in 348 BC.
	www.macedonian-heritage.gr /HellenicMacedonia/en/C1.7.html (226 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		According to mythology, the town was built by the brother of Olynthos, the son of the mythic King of Thrace Strymonas.
		Olynthos was killed by a lion and his brother built the town to honour his brother's name.
		However, the linguists insist that olynthos is the name of the wild fig tree, which are in abundance in the area, and the town was named after it.
	www.halkidiki-hotels.gr /kassandra_villages/en/ar_olinthos.htm (352 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Herodotus mentions that Botteeans had settled at Olynthos (people who inhabited the area between Axios and Loudias rivers) but they were forced by the Macedonians to leave the area.
		During the Persian Wars, Olynthos strongly resisted to the Persians but they ruined the city and gave it to the Chalkideans authority.In the 4th BC the city was flourishing and became the most powerfull city of Chalkidkis.
		Olynthos gives the best picture about the ancient greek house and the street plan of the classic period.
	hellas.teipir.gr /prefectures/english/Xalkidiki/Olinthos.htm (354 words)

	CoinArchives.com Search Results
		Greek Coins Olynthos and the Chalcidian League Estimate: CHF 5'500.00 Tetradrachm (Silver, 17.19 g 1), c.
		Makedonien MAKEDONIEN Olynthos Chalkidische Liga Tetrobol (2,23 g) 432/348, Prägung der chalkidischen Liga.
		Macedonia Olynthos and the Chalcidian League Estimate: CHF 22'500.00 Tetradrachm (Silver, 16.97 g), c.
	www.coinarchives.com /a/results.php?results=100&search=Olynthos (1613 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2000.08.25
		The study of housing at Olynthos could have been strengthened by the presentation, in tabular form, of the dimensions of the houses and the housing blocks, as well as the average house sizes.
		The same histogram suggests that approximately 40 houses at Olynthos have a ground-floor area of between 230 and 250 square metres, suggesting that the earlier comment about the 'average' house was too high.
		The housing at Olynthos is placed in context by a study of housing from various sites around the Greek mainland and the Aegean islands from the mid-fifth century to the mid-third century BC (chapter 5).
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2000/2000-08-25.html (1853 words)

	Sparta: Worlds of the CoDominium
		Lying between the river-ports of Clemens and Olynthos is the Middle Valley, occupying a low-lying fault zone between uplifted blocks on the north and south.
		North of Olynthos the river descends via the Vulcan Rapids from Lake Alexander, a body of water comparable to Earth's Lake Ontario.
		Gradients are therefore small, and vessels drawing up to 3 meters may navigate the Eurotas as far inland as Olynthos, 6,400 kilometers from the mouth of the river.
	www.fortunecity.com /tattooine/heinlein/326/CoDominium/sparta.htm (2769 words)

	Routes of Chalkidiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Olynthos started to develop after the Minor Asia destruction, with the inrush of Greeks from the coastline of Minor Asia and east Thrace.
		The ancient Olynthos was a colony of Votties and the leading city of the federation of people from Chalkidiki.
		According to the American archaeologists, ancient Olynthos is the continuation of the pre-historic city that was situated to the south.
	www.greek-tourism.gr /Chalkidiki/diadromes_auk.htm (1169 words)

	Greek Silver Tetrobol of Olynthos with Apollo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This mint state silver tetrobol (four obols) was minted in northern Greece in the fortress city of Olynthos.
		Olynthos was the center of the Chalkidian League and issued a series of coins with beautiful heads of Apollo.
		This classical period coin shows the early head of Apollo for the series, which is known as the "severe style".
	www.trocadero.com /stores/apoloniaancientart/items/593674/item593674.html (126 words)

	MELI Tours, your Halkidiki - Thessaloniki Specialist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Established organized societies flourished in the west and central Halkidiki around the 4th century BC, among which the city of Olynthos was the most important one; its oldest inhabitants were the Thracians and the Pelasgoi.
		Olynthos which inhabitants were all killed by the Persians.
		After the victory of the Greeks in Salamina (in 480 BC), the inhabitants of the two big cities of Olynthos and Potidea revolted against the Persians and drove them out of their cities.
	www.melitours.gr /info/info.htm (652 words)

	historysithonia2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In 432 BC, at the instigation of Perdiccas II, king of Macedon, Olynthos and other coastal cities of Halkidiki defected from the Athenian League.
		When the Halkidian Confederacy was founded, Olynthos, which led the Confederacy, became the most powerful city in Halkidiki.
		Four kms north of Olynthos, at the site known as 'Mariana', we shall see the ruins of a tower and near it all that remains of an early-Christian basilica dedicated to St. Nicolas.
	apm.brookes.ac.uk /zarkada/historysithonia2.htm (209 words)

	Mythology and History of Chalkidiki (Halkidiki)
		One of the results was a siege of the city of Olynthos, after which the Persians killed all the inhabitants.
		Peace didn't last long, however, and in 352 BC Chalkidiki became involved in the Peloponnesian Wars between Athens and Sparti, and then in the ensuing power struggle with King Philip II in an attempt to halt his ambition to conquer all of Greece.
		The city of Olynthos was destroyed, and Chalkidiki was incorporated into the Macedonian Empire.
	www.chalkidiki.com /mythology_history.html (1026 words)

	La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno on the web
		According to the historian Klisthenis, it is in this place that the King of Macedonia, Philippos, camped his army in 348 B.C. in order to destroy the ancient town of Olynthos.
		And it is in that battle that King Philippos lost one of his eyes by the arrow of Olynthos Astir.
		Nowadays, there is a small village under the same name and the remains of the archeological site close to the village.
	www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it /GdM_scuola_giornalino_matera_notizia_01.asp?IDNotizia=122130&IDCategoria=320 (983 words)

	Archaeological Museum of Polygyros - Finds from Olynthos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Attic red-figure hydria with a representation of Amazonomachy, from the west cemetery of Olynthos.
		Dated to the 4th century B.C. Bronze door-knocker with a relief lionhead, from House A 13 of Olynthos.
		It was found in House A9 at Olynthos and is one of the arrows used by the Macedonians during the siege of the city, in 348 B.C. Dated to the middle of the 4th century B.C. Clay female bust from the "House of the Comedians" at Olynthos.
	www.travel-greece.com /museums/halkidiki/olynthos.html (148 words)

	Griechenland \| Halkidiki \| Olynthos
		Olynthos gehört zweifelslos zu den attraktivsten Ausgrabungsstätten der Chalkidiki.
		Grundrisse des historischen Ortes Olynthos - Entstehung ca.
		war Olynthos der Sitz einer Allianz von mehr als 30 Städten der Halkidiki.
	www.spiesscom.de /Griechenland/geographie/olynthos.htm (193 words)

	Halkidiki, Chalkidiki, Agio Oros, Olynthos, Potidea, Macedonia, Makedonia, Holiday, Vacation & Travel Guide. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Olynthos is of special importance since the person who excavated it, David M. Robinson, later donated much of his collection to the University of Mississippi.
		The excavation of the Archaeological Site of Olynthos was important because it provided quite a lot of information to scholars on the average Greek homes of the period (4th century B.C.) (the Bouleterion there was also found).
		It also provides a firm date for pottery styles since almost the exact date of its destruction is known and no other habitation at the site disturbed the material.
	holidays-in-greece.com /macedonia/hal (319 words)

	Halkidiki, Agio Oros, Olynthos, Potidea, Macedonia, the picturesque Greece travel, tourism & Greek hotels, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Olynthos is of special importance since the person who excavated it, David M. Robinson, later donated much of his collection to the University of Mississippi.
		The excavation of the Archaeological Site of Olynthos was important because it provided quite a lot of information to scholars on the average Greek homes of the period (4th century B.C.) (the Bouleterion there was also found).
		It also provides a firm date for pottery styles since almost the exact date of its destruction is known and no other habitation at the site disturbed the material.
	www.gotogreece.gr /macedonia/hal (315 words)

	Museums of Macedonia, Greece — Archaeological Museum
		The Olynthos Museum has only audio-visual material, the purpose of which is to give visitors a complete picture of the archaeological site of Olynthos, starting with the history of the city and moving on to a description of the excavation and the restoration.
		Visitors learn that the city was built to a Hippodamean plan (two wide avenues with insulae containing ten (square) houses, and a sewage pipe every five houses).
		Visitors also learn about the course of the excavations, from Robinson’s work in 1928 to the excavations of 1990 and 1992.
	www.macedonian-heritage.gr /Museums/Archaeological_and_Byzantine/Arx_Olynthou.html (212 words)

	Classics Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The most ancient known example is a fragment depicting a triton blowing into a conch, on the floor of the pronaos of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
		At Olynthos, for example, the mosaics depicted animal combats, Bellerophon attacking the Chimaera, Thetis and the Nereids bearing arms to Achilles, and Dionysos and his retinue.
		These pavements must have been laid before 348 BC, since at that date the city of Olynthos was destroyed by an earthquake.
	www.ucd.ie /cai/classics-ireland/97/Dauphin97.html (2640 words)

	Demosthenes' 1. olynthiske tale
		5 Folk i Olynthos er nemlig klar over, at de ikke er i krig om et lille stykke land, det drejer sig om landsforvisning og slaveri, og de ved, hvad han gjorde ved de forrædere i Amfipolis, der overgav ham byen, og ved dem i Pydna, der tog imod ham med åbne arme.
		Og nu falder en chance, denne gang Olynthos, helt af sig selv i byens lod, og den er ikke mindre end nogen af de tidligere, jeg nævnte.
		Holder Olynthos' forsvar, kan I føre krigen deroppe og hærge hans land, altimens I selv nyder godt af jeres ejendomme herhjemme i fred og ro.
	www.igl.ku.dk /~klas/ergast/oversaettelser/demosthenes_laursen/dem1.htm (1715 words)

	Olynthos, Chalcidice
		The ancient city of Olynthos lay on the south coast of Chalcidice at the head of the long gulf between the Kassándra and Sithoniá peninsulas.
		In 348 B.C. Olynthos, then allied with Athens, was totally destroyed by Philip II of Macedon, and the site has remained uninhabited ever since.
		American excavations in 1928-34 revealed a rectangular street lay- out, public buildings and houses and produced valuable evidence of regular Greek town planning before 348 B.C. The site is now largely overgrown.
	www.planetware.com /chalcidice/olynthos-gr-mac-olyn.htm (192 words)

	Town-planning in Antiquity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Systematic town-planning was instituted by Philip II and elaborated by Alexander III and the Successors with the founding of cities bearing their names (Philippi, Alexandria, Kassandreia, Thessalonike, Demetrias).
		In cities built in the plain (Olynthos, Pella, Amphipolis) the Hippodameian system was applied.
		The administrative, religious and commercial centers were situated in separate quarters of the city among blocks of private houses (except in Dion where the religious center was outside the city walls).
	www.kcl.ac.uk /humanities/cch/mapmig/mac_herit/HellenicMacedonia/en/B1.2.1.1.html (249 words)

	OLYNTHOS_POLIGIROS
		After 1922 a lot of refugees from eastern Thrace and asia Minor, came to settle in the village.
		At a short distance to the east of the village in a fenced area, one can find the ruins of ancient Olynthos.
		Four km to the north of Olynthos one can find the tower and the Byzantine church of St Nicholas of Mariana.
	www.it.uom.gr /project/chalkidiki/Olinthos_Poligiros.htm (396 words)

	Domestic Greek Architecture
		If this was not possible they spent their time in quarters on the first floor seperated by a heavy door or located on the second floor if there was one.
		These houses were laid out in blocks similarly to those at Olynthos.
		The city planning of second century BCE Cosa IV is similar to the arrangement at Olynthos.
	www2.students.sbc.edu /hill00/greekart/paper.html (3141 words)

	The Olynthos mosaics
		Bellerophon, riding Pegasus, slays the Chimaira, mosaic floor of a house, 432-348 BC, Olynthos.
		The mosaic floors discovered in private houses of Olynthos(C17), capital of the Chalkidian League from 432 BC, are among the oldest Macedonian mosaics.
		The mosaic floors of Olynthos have representative mythological subjects.
	www.macedonian-heritage.gr /HellenicMacedonia/en/B1.2.3.1.html (130 words)

	Greek Route (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It was allied with Sparta in the Spartan wars against Olynthos of 382 – 380 BC.
		The ensuing devastation was absolute, but it had the effect of steeling the will for freedom of the Halkideans, who actively took part in the fighting until the liberation of the nation.
		The archaeological site of Olynthos in the municipality of Poligyros is of great interest, having been the historical capital at one time.
	www.athens2004.com /en/TorchRelayGreekRoute/torch?oid=82b8d9ff54b0bf00VgnVCMServer8d7f673eRCRD (588 words)

	Lecture 7
		Influence of this plan upon other cities including Olynthos (Greece), after 432 BCE.
		Villa of Good Fortune, Olynthos, c 400 BCE, from beyond the city walls, an ample, suburban version of standard house type.
		Civic architecture: Center of urban life were the acropolis (religious) and the agora (secular).
	arch.ced.berkeley.edu /courses/arch170/past/98fall/09-17-98.html (277 words)

	Chalkidiki – Olynthos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Wer auf der Chalkidiki unterwegs ist, hört unweigerlich von den Ausgrabungen von Olynthos.
		Auf einem weiten Gelände östlich des heutigen Dorfes findet man die Reste früherer Siedlungen aus der Glanzzeit der Stadt, als Olynthos zu den großen Widersachern von Philipp II.
		Die für Touristen hergerichtete Anlage (Eintritt!) ist heute eigentlich der einzige Grund, nach Olynthos zu kommen.
	www.griechenland.traumhaft-schoen.de /5olynt1.htm (146 words)

	The Olynthos mosaics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Bellerophon, riding Pegasus, slays the Chimaira, mosaic floor of a house, 432-348 BC, Olynthos.
		The mosaic floors discovered in private houses of Olynthos(C17), capital of the Chalkidian League from 432 BC, are among the oldest Macedonian mosaics.
		The mosaic floors of Olynthos have representative mythological subjects.
	www.kcl.ac.uk /humanities/cch/mapmig/mac_herit/HellenicMacedonia/en/B1.2.3.1.html (130 words)

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