Goritsa/Methone? (Magnesia) Volos - Γκοριτσά

Γκοριτσά - Goritsa/Methone, 4th-3rd c. walled site with temple on the hill of Goritsa east of Volos in Magnesia Thessaly
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Latitude: 39.356100
Longitude: 22.980500
Confidence: High (20200118)

Place ID: 394230XGor
Time period: CH
Region: Thessaly
Country: Greece
Department: Magnisia
Mod: Volos

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Modern Description: On the flat top of Goritsa hill (h. 200 m), at the E edge of the gulf of Volos, large sections of a wall with semicircular towers still stand. It surrounded a fortified Hellenistic settlement, perhaps a military installation of the Macedonians (350-250 BC). Helly has suggested that this is the Magnesian Methone mentioned by Pseudo-Scylax, a refounding after the destruction of Methone in Pieria by Philip II of Macedon. It disappeared during the formation of Demetrias. A cave with rupestral inscription showing rites for Zeus Meilichios.
Wikidata ID: Q38281502
Trismegistos Geo: 33507
DARE: 22813

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