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*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%82 πολιούχος] (''polioúchos'') is colloquial [[Greece|Greek]] for 'patron saint' (lit. 'city-holder', 'city-protector'), and it's an honorific applied to multiple deities and legendary figures. | *[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%82 πολιούχος] (''polioúchos'') is colloquial [[Greece|Greek]] for 'patron saint' (lit. 'city-holder', 'city-protector'), and it's an honorific applied to multiple deities and legendary figures. | ||
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The Ruined Temple of Athena Poliouchos was a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena located in the Forest of Tears in Chios, Greece.
History
During the 6th century BCE, the temple was where Pactyas, a Lydian general under Cyrus the Great sought refuge in to escape capture. When he was subsequently captured, the residents of the island stopped making offerings to the temple.[1]
During the Peloponnesian War the temple ruins was visited by the Spartan misthios Kassandra, who found that it had become an abode of bandits, and subsequently claimed their valuables.[1]
Trivia
- πολιούχος (polioúchos) is colloquial Greek for 'patron saint' (lit. 'city-holder', 'city-protector'), and it's an honorific applied to multiple deities and legendary figures.