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Marathon - Archeological Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:20:59 +0000

Marathon is a town with a population of around 30,000 and was the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the outnumbered Athenian army, led by the general Miltiades, defeated the Persians.

The Battle of Marathon is shrouded in the legend of the messenger Pheidippides. He is said to have carried the news of the victory from the battlefield to Athens, some 40 km away, and to have died of exhaustion after delivering the message. As Plutarch, who lived over 500 years after the battle, was the first to recount the story, it must be regarded as Attic propaganda.

The Archeological Museum of Marathon exhibits art and artifacts from various excavation sites in the vicinity.

The area has been continually inhabited since the Stone Age so a plethora of artifacts from that era all the way to the Roman period can be seen in its halls.

Jugs / Tankards

Characteristic of the geometric style are the precise, continuous bands, zigzag and triangular patterns, and the highly stylised waterfowl.

8th c BC

Marathon - Archeological Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:00:15 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Marathon is a town with a population of around 30,000 and was the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the outnumbered Athenian army, led by the general Miltiades, defeated the Persians.

The Battle of Marathon is shrouded in the legend of the messenger Pheidippides. He is said to have carried the news of the victory from the battlefield to Athens, some 40 km away, and to have died of exhaustion after delivering the message. As Plutarch, who lived over 500 years after the battle, was the first to recount the story, it must be regarded as Attic propaganda.

The Archeological Museum of Marathon exhibits art and artifacts from various excavation sites in the vicinity.

The area has been continually inhabited since the Stone Age so a plethora of artifacts from that era all the way to the Roman period can be seen in its halls.

Lentoid Bottle / Pilgrim Flask

The vessel is entirely decorated with precise, concentric circular bands, which are typical of the geometric style.

900–700 BC

Marathon - Archeological Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:40:02 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Marathon is a town with a population of around 30,000 and was the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the outnumbered Athenian army, led by the general Miltiades, defeated the Persians.

The Battle of Marathon is shrouded in the legend of the messenger Pheidippides. He is said to have carried the news of the victory from the battlefield to Athens, some 40 km away, and to have died of exhaustion after delivering the message. As Plutarch, who lived over 500 years after the battle, was the first to recount the story, it must be regarded as Attic propaganda.

The Archeological Museum of Marathon exhibits art and artifacts from various excavation sites in the vicinity.

The area has been continually inhabited since the Stone Age so a plethora of artifacts from that era all the way to the Roman period can be seen in its halls.

Flat, round, earthenware ceremonial vessel

Early cycladic cemetery in Tsepi

2800–2300 BC

Marathon - Archeological Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:18:52 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Marathon is a town with a population of around 30,000 and was the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the outnumbered Athenian army, led by the general Miltiades, defeated the Persians.

The Battle of Marathon is shrouded in the legend of the messenger Pheidippides. He is said to have carried the news of the victory from the battlefield to Athens, some 40 km away, and to have died of exhaustion after delivering the message. As Plutarch, who lived over 500 years after the battle, was the first to recount the story, it must be regarded as Attic propaganda.

The Archeological Museum of Marathon exhibits art and artifacts from various excavation sites in the vicinity.

The area has been continually inhabited since the Stone Age so a plethora of artifacts from that era all the way to the Roman period can be seen in its halls.

Amphora
Corded Ware culture

Early cycladic cemetery in Tsepi

2800–2200 BC

Marathon - Archeological Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:22:24 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Marathon is a town with a population of around 30,000 and was the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the outnumbered Athenian army, led by the general Miltiades, defeated the Persians.

The Battle of Marathon is shrouded in the legend of the messenger Pheidippides. He is said to have carried the news of the victory from the battlefield to Athens, some 40 km away, and to have died of exhaustion after delivering the message. As Plutarch, who lived over 500 years after the battle, was the first to recount the story, it must be regarded as Attic propaganda.

The Archeological Museum of Marathon exhibits art and artifacts from various excavation sites in the vicinity.

The area has been continually inhabited since the Stone Age so a plethora of artifacts from that era all the way to the Roman period can be seen in its halls.

Schematic marble figurines
depicting the human figure

Early cycladic cemetery in Tsepi
3200 - 2000 BC

Marathon - Archeological Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:13:23 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Marathon is a town with a population of around 30,000 and was the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the outnumbered Athenian army, led by the general Miltiades, defeated the Persians.

The Battle of Marathon is shrouded in the legend of the messenger Pheidippides. He is said to have carried the news of the victory from the battlefield to Athens, some 40 km away, and to have died of exhaustion after delivering the message. As Plutarch, who lived over 500 years after the battle, was the first to recount the story, it must be regarded as Attic propaganda.

The Archeological Museum of Marathon exhibits art and artifacts from various excavation sites in the vicinity.

The area has been continually inhabited since the Stone Age so a plethora of artifacts from that era all the way to the Roman period can be seen in its halls.

Schematic marble figurines
depicting the human figure

Early cycladic cemetery in Tsepi
3200 - 2000 BC

Marathon - Archeological Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:52:56 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Marathon is a town with a population of around 30,000 and was the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the outnumbered Athenian army, led by the general Miltiades, defeated the Persians.

The Battle of Marathon is shrouded in the legend of the messenger Pheidippides. He is said to have carried the news of the victory from the battlefield to Athens, some 40 km away, and to have died of exhaustion after delivering the message. As Plutarch, who lived over 500 years after the battle, was the first to recount the story, it must be regarded as Attic propaganda.

The Archeological Museum of Marathon exhibits art and artifacts from various excavation sites in the vicinity.

The area has been continually inhabited since the Stone Age so a plethora of artifacts from that era all the way to the Roman period can be seen in its halls.

Schematic marble figurines
depicting the human figure

Early cycladic cemetery in Tsepi
3200 - 2000 BC

Marathon - Archeological Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:25:17 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Marathon is a town with a population of around 30,000 and was the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the outnumbered Athenian army, led by the general Miltiades, defeated the Persians.

The Battle of Marathon is shrouded in the legend of the messenger Pheidippides. He is said to have carried the news of the victory from the battlefield to Athens, some 40 km away, and to have died of exhaustion after delivering the message. As Plutarch, who lived over 500 years after the battle, was the first to recount the story, it must be regarded as Attic propaganda.

The Archeological Museum of Marathon exhibits art and artifacts from various excavation sites in the vicinity.

The area has been continually inhabited since the Stone Age so a plethora of artifacts from that era all the way to the Roman period can be seen in its halls.

Schematic marble figurines
depicting the human figure

Early cycladic cemetery in Tsepi
3200 - 2000 BC

Marathon - Archeological Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:14:46 +0000

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Marathon - Tholos

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:53:19 +0000

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Marathon is a town with a population of around 30,000 and was the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the outnumbered Athenian army, led by the general Miltiades, defeated the Persians.

The Battle of Marathon is shrouded in the legend of the messenger Pheidippides. He is said to have carried the news of the victory from the battlefield to Athens, some 40 km away, and to have died of exhaustion after delivering the message. As Plutarch, who lived over 500 years after the battle, was the first to recount the story, it must be regarded as Attic propaganda.

A Mycenaean tholos tomb from the Bronze Age, whose entrance corridor leads deep into the artificially mounded, grass-covered earthen mound.

Right next to this excavation site is the Archaeological Museum of Marathon

Marathon - Battlefield

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:50:13 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Marathon is a town with a population of around 30,000 and was the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the outnumbered Athenian army, led by the general Miltiades, defeated the Persians.

The Battle of Marathon is shrouded in the legend of the messenger Pheidippides. He is said to have carried the news of the victory from the battlefield to Athens, some 40 km away, and to have died of exhaustion after delivering the message. As Plutarch, who lived over 500 years after the battle, was the first to recount the story, it must be regarded as Attic propaganda.

There are two tumuli at the battlefield. One is a burial mound that houses the ashes of 192 Athenians who fell during the battle. The other houses the inhumed bodies of the Plataeans who fell during that battle.

Euripus Bridge

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:13:47 +0000

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Since 1993, this cable-stayed bridge in Chalkis has spanned the Euripus Strait, which separates the island of Euboea from the Greek mainland.

Until the Euripos Bridge was built, all traffic had to use the old bridge in the town, which placed a considerable strain on the town centre. The new bridge was intended to reduce traffic congestion in the town centre and enable the use of a bypass. At the time of its construction, it was the first cable-stayed bridge in Greece.

Fylla - Minaret

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:38:13 +0000

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The ruins of a two-storey building with a small, brick-built minaret. It may have been the residence of a local Ottoman dignitary or a dervish monastery during the Ottoman period.
But I may be totally wrong.

The ruins of Fylla Castle stand on the hill in the background.

Two Towers of Mytikas

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:18:15 +0000

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The towers date from the Frankish period in Mytikas. They stand very close together, which is unusual, and the only explanation put forward for this is that they were shared by members of the same family.

The River Lilas flows nearby; it is said that, in addition to their defensive purpose, the towers also controlled the river’s flow in order to improve the water supply to Chalkis and the fertile plain. It is likely that, in 1429, one of the twin towers was inhabited by the ‘river master’, an official who oversaw the flow of the water.

Eretria - Grill

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:48:47 +0000

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In the late afternoon, dinner is prepared

Eretria - Pezonisi

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:14:02 +0000

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We know from Homer that Eretria, now a small town, sent ships to the Trojan War. In the 8th century BC, Eretria and its nearby neighbour and rival, Chalkis, were both thriving trading cities. Towards the end of the 8th century BC, however, Eretria and Chalcis waged a long war for control of the fertile Lelantine Plain. Eretria was defeated, the city destroyed, and it lost its lands and possessions.

Around 424 BC Eretria came under the hegemony of Athens. In a naval battle off Eretria in 411 BC, the Spartan fleet, with the support of the people of Eretria, succeeded in destroying the Athenian ships. Following its liberation from Athenian hegemony, the polis experienced a new period of prosperity

Following the Greeks’ defeat at the hands of the Macedonians (338 BC), Macedonian influence began to take hold, first under Philip II of Macedon, then under his son Alexander the Great and his successors. In 198 BC, Eretria was conquered by the Romans. After that, Eretria never regained the prosperity it had enjoyed in previous centuries.

Following a severe earthquake in 365, the site appears to have been only sporadically inhabited and seems to have been abandoned by 511 at the latest. Modern Eretria was not re-established until 1824, following the Greek War of Independence.

Pezonisi, also known as the ‘Island of Dreams’, is a small island just off the coast of Eretria. It is connected to the mainland by a narrow bridge. In the 1960s and 1970s, the island experienced a tourism boom. Its decline began, at the latest, with the financial crisis. Around 2008, hotel operations were discontinued.

Eretria - Archaeological Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:55:10 +0000

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We know from Homer that Eretria, now a small town, sent ships to the Trojan War. In the 8th century BC, Eretria and its nearby neighbour and rival, Chalkis, were both thriving trading cities. Towards the end of the 8th century BC, however, Eretria and Chalcis waged a long war for control of the fertile Lelantine Plain. Eretria was defeated, the city destroyed, and it lost its lands and possessions.
Around 424 BC Eretria came under the hegemony of Athens. In a naval battle off Eretria in 411 BC, the Spartan fleet, with the support of the people of Eretria, succeeded in destroying the Athenian ships. Following its liberation from Athenian hegemony, the polis experienced a new period of prosperity Following the Greeks’ defeat at the hands of the Macedonians (338 BC), Macedonian influence began to take hold, first under Philip II of Macedon, then under his son Alexander the Great and his successors. In 198 BC, Eretria was conquered by the Romans.

After that, Eretria never regained the prosperity it had enjoyed in previous centuries.
Following a severe earthquake in 365, the site appears to have been only sporadically inhabited and seems to have been abandoned by 511 at the latest. Modern Eretria was not re-established until 1824, following the Greek War of Independence.

The museum was built in 1960 and displays significant finds from the excavations of the ancient city of Eretria and the surrounding area from the Early Bronze Age to the period of Roman rule. As Eretria was abandoned and not built over, and has been systematically excavated since the late 19th century, the finds are abundant.

Female statuette
This prehistoric, Cycladic-style marble idol displays the typical schematic, geometrically simplified form characteristic of the Early Bronze Age. In prehistoric cultures, such figures were usually associated with fertility rites or served as grave goods.

Marble, ca 2500 BC

Eretria - Archaeological Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:35:34 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

We know from Homer that Eretria, now a small town, sent ships to the Trojan War. In the 8th century BC, Eretria and its nearby neighbour and rival, Chalkis, were both thriving trading cities. Towards the end of the 8th century BC, however, Eretria and Chalcis waged a long war for control of the fertile Lelantine Plain. Eretria was defeated, the city destroyed, and it lost its lands and possessions.

Around 424 BC Eretria came under the hegemony of Athens. In a naval battle off Eretria in 411 BC, the Spartan fleet, with the support of the people of Eretria, succeeded in destroying the Athenian ships. Following its liberation from Athenian hegemony, the polis experienced a new period of prosperity

Following the Greeks’ defeat at the hands of the Macedonians (338 BC), Macedonian influence began to take hold, first under Philip II of Macedon, then under his son Alexander the Great and his successors. In 198 BC, Eretria was conquered by the Romans. After that, Eretria never regained the prosperity it had enjoyed in previous centuries.

Following a severe earthquake in 365, the site appears to have been only sporadically inhabited and seems to have been abandoned by 511 at the latest. Modern Eretria was not re-established until 1824, following the Greek War of Independence.

The museum was built in 1960 and displays significant finds from the excavations of the ancient city of Eretria and the surrounding area from the Early Bronze Age to the period of Roman rule.

As Eretria was abandoned and not built over, and has been systematically excavated since the late 19th century, the finds are abundant.

Female figure

probably originally from Iran. It was found in the Temple of Apollo Daphnephoros.

Bronze, 6th–7th century BC

Eretria - Archaeological Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:08:04 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

We know from Homer that Eretria, now a small town, sent ships to the Trojan War. In the 8th century BC, Eretria and its nearby neighbour and rival, Chalkis, were both thriving trading cities. Towards the end of the 8th century BC, however, Eretria and Chalcis waged a long war for control of the fertile Lelantine Plain. Eretria was defeated, the city destroyed, and it lost its lands and possessions.

Around 424 BC Eretria came under the hegemony of Athens. In a naval battle off Eretria in 411 BC, the Spartan fleet, with the support of the people of Eretria, succeeded in destroying the Athenian ships. Following its liberation from Athenian hegemony, the polis experienced a new period of prosperity

Following the Greeks’ defeat at the hands of the Macedonians (338 BC), Macedonian influence began to take hold, first under Philip II of Macedon, then under his son Alexander the Great and his successors. In 198 BC, Eretria was conquered by the Romans. After that, Eretria never regained the prosperity it had enjoyed in previous centuries.

Following a severe earthquake in 365, the site appears to have been only sporadically inhabited and seems to have been abandoned by 511 at the latest. Modern Eretria was not re-established until 1824, following the Greek War of Independence.

The museum was built in 1960 and displays significant finds from the excavations of the ancient city of Eretria and the surrounding area from the Early Bronze Age to the period of Roman rule.

As Eretria was abandoned and not built over, and has been systematically excavated since the late 19th century, the finds are abundant.

Horse blinker

Made in northern Syria, imported to Greece and found in the Temple of Apollo Daphnephoros.

A male figure is holding two animals by their tails, whilst another animal can be seen on the narrower part. This ‘Master of Beast’ motif was not only widespread in the Middle East

Bronze, 9th century BC

Eretria - Archaeological Museum

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:22:13 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

We know from Homer that Eretria, now a small town, sent ships to the Trojan War. In the 8th century BC, Eretria and its nearby neighbour and rival, Chalkis, were both thriving trading cities. Towards the end of the 8th century BC, however, Eretria and Chalcis waged a long war for control of the fertile Lelantine Plain. Eretria was defeated, the city destroyed, and it lost its lands and possessions.

Around 424 BC Eretria came under the hegemony of Athens. In a naval battle off Eretria in 411 BC, the Spartan fleet, with the support of the people of Eretria, succeeded in destroying the Athenian ships. Following its liberation from Athenian hegemony, the polis experienced a new period of prosperity

Following the Greeks’ defeat at the hands of the Macedonians (338 BC), Macedonian influence began to take hold, first under Philip II of Macedon, then under his son Alexander the Great and his successors. In 198 BC, Eretria was conquered by the Romans. After that, Eretria never regained the prosperity it had enjoyed in previous centuries.

Following a severe earthquake in 365, the site appears to have been only sporadically inhabited and seems to have been abandoned by 511 at the latest. Modern Eretria was not re-established until 1824, following the Greek War of Independence.

The museum was built in 1960 and displays significant finds from the excavations of the ancient city of Eretria and the surrounding area from the Early Bronze Age to the period of Roman rule.

As Eretria was abandoned and not built over, and has been systematically excavated since the late 19th century, the finds are abundant.

Pithos

Such large vessels were used as storage containers for goods such as oil or wine, and occasionally as burial urns

ca. 680–670 BC