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Dymaean Wall
Teichos Dymaion
Northern wall
Dymaean Wall is located in Greece
Dymaean Wall
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RegionAchaea
Coordinates38°09′24″N 21°24′12″E / 38.1566°N 21.4032°E / 38.1566; 21.4032

The Dymaean Wall (Greek: Τείχος Δυμαίων, Teichos Dymaiōn) or Kalogria Castle is a prehistoric acropolis in western Achaea, Greece. The fortress stands in a strategic position on a rocky hilltop, north of the Prokopos lagoon, near the village of Araxos. It was built in the Mycenaean period, probably around 1300 BC, but human occupation of the site started already around 3500 BC. It was deserted in the 18th century AD. During World War II it was used by occupying Italian forces, who built a number of military installations on the site and damaged the prehistoric fortifications.[1]

It was named the Dymaean Wall after the nearby ancient city of Dyme. During the war between the Achaean and the Aetolian Leagues (220–217 BC) it was seized by king Philip V of Macedon.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Greek Ministry of Culture
  2. ^ Polybius, The Histories, 4.83

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The Dymaean Wall (Greek: Τείχος Δυμαίων, Teichos Dymaiōn) or Kalogria Castle is a prehistoric acropolis in western Achaea, Greece. The fortress stands...

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Dyme

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Achaean town except Patrae was allowed the privilege of self-government. Dymaean Wall List of ancient Greek cities Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of...

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Araxos

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orthodox chapel surrounded by Halocnemum strobilaceum in Prokopos Lagoon. Dymaean Wall List of settlements in Achaea "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών...

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with Strabo's Myrtunium, but with a Mycenaean fortress known as the Dymaean Wall located south of the cape of Araxus. Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.616. Strabo...

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Teichus

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of Macedon and restored to the Dymaeans in the following year. Its site is located near the modern Araxos. Dymaean Wall Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 4...

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