A. was probably the ancient name for the entire coastal strip of Euboea facing the Magnesia peninsula (Plin. HN 4,64). Close to the modern village of Artemision, above the bay of Pevki, are the remains of a small temple of Artemis ‘facing towards the east’ (Proseoa), which as an amphictyonic sanctuary also formed the cultural centre of the region around Histiaea. The famous bronze statue of Poseidon…
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Kalcyk, Hansjörg (Petershausen) and
Lienau, Cay (Münster),
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