Helike — Classical Helike Stopped Waters Agora Submersed 373 BCE
Classical (373 BCE earthquake Atlantis of Greece) + Mycenaean Helladic Early Helladic settlement 3000 BCE underlying·Achaian League Classical Helike 373 BCE inundated·🇬🇷 Peloponnese, Achaia, Helike plain south of Gulf Corinth, near Rizomylos, Greece
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About Helike — Classical Helike Stopped Waters Agora Submersed 373 BCE
Helike Project Soter & Katsonopoulou find 2001 Classical building with Helike coin and 373 layer. Recorded context — Period: Classical (373 BCE earthquake Atlantis of Greece) + Mycenaean Helladic Early Helladic settlement 3000 BCE underlying; Culture: Achaian League Classical Helike 373 BCE inundated; Field status: excavated; Materials: Classical tile, kiln, Poseidon temple foundation; Condition: buried — 3–8 m deltaic silt below groundwater.
Why it mattersKey Achaian League Classical Helike 373 BCE inundated submerged-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
- 02Construction labor organization
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
- 02Elite residence
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 700 BCE Helike town; 373 BCE catastrophic flood (earthquake + tsunami) two nights
- Period
- Classical (373 BCE earthquake Atlantis of Greece) + Mycenaean Helladic Early Helladic settlement 3000 BCE underlying
- Culture
- Achaian League Classical Helike 373 BCE inundated
- Purpose
- Lost Classical city 'Atlantis' flooded 373 BCE (Diodorus, Pausanias, Eratosthenes) — Helike delta buried 3–8 m under lagoon silts with 2 pc pottery Kiln
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1946
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 400 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Helike — Classical Helike Stopped Waters Agora Submersed 373 BCE
1950 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Helike — Classical Helike Stopped Waters Agora Submersed 373 BCE
On the ground
Structures & features
38.2190° N · 22.1310° E · 5 m · 3 mapped features
- Helike — Classical Helike Stopped Waters Agora Submersed 373 BCE — Principal Harbourharbourharbour at Helike — Classical Helike Stopped Waters Agora Submersed 373 BCE — subsidiary complex38.2207° N · 22.1314° E
- Helike — Classical Helike Stopped Waters Agora Submersed 373 BCE — Northern Wallwallwall at Helike — Classical Helike Stopped Waters Agora Submersed 373 BCE — subsidiary complex38.2193° N · 22.1317° E
- Helike — Classical Helike Stopped Waters Agora Submersed 373 BCE — Temple Annex 3templetemple at Helike — Classical Helike Stopped Waters Agora Submersed 373 BCE — subsidiary complex38.2197° N · 22.1298° E