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Modern Description: The Homeric city of Krissa is identified with the prehistoric settlement on the hill of Agios Georgios, south of Chrissos in the prefecture of Phocis. According to Greek mythology, the city was founded by Chrissos, son of Phocos and father of King Strophios, in whose royal court his son Pylades and his friend Orestis spent their childhood.
Archaeological evidence indicates that the settlement was founded in the Middle Helladic period and that it was fortified in the Mycenaean period, when its population increased greatly because of the influx of people from coastal Kirra, who abandoned their city seeking refuge on the acropolis of Agios Georgios. At the end of the Mycenaean period, however, the site was deserted and remained unpopulated until the Byzantine period, when it was re-occupied.
The French School at Athens excavated the hill in 1935 and 1936. Further excavations inside the modern town are carried out by the Tenth Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities.
The archaeological site of Krissa comprises the small prehistoric settlement and the fortifications of the Mycenaean town on the Agios Georgios hill. Approximately 1,500 metres of fortification walls, built of large rectangular ashlar blocks and smaller stones bonded with earth, the gate (3,75 meters wide) and the remains of a semicircular tower survive today.
The cemetery of the Mycenaean town is currently located within the limits of the modern town, in the Panagia quarter. Excavations by the Tenth Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities revealed a number of important finds, which provide invaluable information on the life and habits of the ancient people of Krissa.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crissa
Wikidata ID: Q4241204
Trismegistos Geo: 38126
Manto: 9688201

Info: Odysseus

(Odysseus, Greek Ministry of Culture)

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