Iolcos description and photos - Greece: Volos (Topic)

Iolcos description and photos - Greece: Volos. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Iolcos.

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In the central part of the Magnesia nome, north of the Pagasitik Bay, at the foot of Mount Pelion, near the modern Greek city of Volos, several millennia ago, there was the ancient city of Iolk, founded by the eldest son of the ancestor of the Greek people Ellin Eol. Iolk is mentioned in the famous Homeric Iliad, as well as in the writings of such famous ancient authors as Hesiod, Euripides, Simonides and Pindar.

Ancient Iolk is widely known as the birthplace of one of the most famous heroes of ancient Greek myths, the son of King Eson Jason, a participant Of the Calydonian hunt and the leader of the Argonauts. An ancient legend says that after Aeson was overthrown from the throne by his half-brother Pelius, he, fearing for the life of his son, sent him to be raised by Chiron. Returning to his hometown and meeting his father, Jason desired to return the power over Iolcus, which was due to him by birthright, in return Pelius demanded that Jason go to Colchis and get the golden fleece. He believed that his nephew would certainly die in such a dangerous campaign, but Jason returned safely, and not only with the golden fleece, but also with the Colchian princess - the beautiful Medea.

For a long time historians could not come to a consensus about the location of the ancient city. During archaeological excavations near Volos, on the territory of one of the largest archaeological sites of the Neolithic era Dimini, at the end of the 19th century, prehistoric burials from the time of the Mycenaean civilization were discovered. The research results suggested that it was here that Ancient Iolk was quite possibly located, but no convincing evidence was found at that time.

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