….Σούνιον ἱρὸν ἀφικόμεθ᾽, ἄκρον Ἀθηνέων, …..to holy Sunium, the cape of Athens.. (Homer, Odyssey,III, 276-285) : a new approach . 16th Workshop of Environmental Archaeology, Numismatic and Epigraphic museum, Athens, 1st April 2016 (original) (raw)

Abstract

This paper aims to provide an overview of the influence of the natural environment of Cape Sounion on the gradual development of its regional identity, as well as on the growth of its socio-economic and political status. An important aspect of these factors was the establishment of cults on two different but in close proximity sites on the Cape which gradually developed into two flourishing and important Attic sanctuaries, that of Poseidon and of Athena. The literary sources, several referring to the significance of the environmental features of Sounion and which span almost fourteen centuries, together with the analysis of the archaeological finds, recovered from the two sanctuaries between 1898 and 1915 by Valerios Stais are reviewed here, in order to highlight the importance of Cape Sounion over this long historical period.

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