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Modern Description: Such was Kea's wealth of agricultural and mineral resources and the strategic importance of its geographical position in early Antiquity that, beyond the four cities of the Tetrapolis, there were other scattered, agricultural communities on the island. One such was in the area of Elleniká (8.5km), reached by continuing south along the main road after the Episkopí turning. (The modern toponym ‘Elleniká' normally indicates an ancient settlement.) Elleniká marked the northern limit of the territory of Karthaia, the island's richest city: several ancient roads lead between here and Karthaia, and the area has a scattering of ancient remains and many re-used spolia—for example at the church of the Taxiarchis, at the church of Aghios Nikolaos (150m left of the school), and at the village spring-house.
DARE: 27444

Info: McGilchrist's Greek Islands

(From McGilchrist’s Greek Islands, © Nigel McGilchrist 2010, excerpted with his gracious permission. Click for the books)

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