Tymphaios
April 30, 2010
Lion’s marble foot from the temple of Dionysus
Αναδημοσίευση από το American Chronicle - http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/153366
Ruins of an ancient temple lie in an area of Macedonia known in ancient times as Crestonia. It lies between the modern Macedonian capital Thessaloniki and the town of Kilkis. The region took its name from its old Thracian inhabitants, a tribe called Crestones. Aristotle mentions a major temple to Dionysus near the land of the Bisaltians, another Thracian tribe that may have lived to the north of Crestonia. Two Greek inscriptions found in the precinct of the sanctuary are dedicated to Dionysus. One of them has been dated to the 5th C BC. Was this the "great and beautiful" temple of Dionysus near the land of the Bisaltians mentioned by Aristotle in his "Marvelous Accounts" (Περί Θαυμασίων Ακουσμάτων)?