Aphytis, also known as Aphyte or Aphytos, was an ancient Greek city on the Pallene headland, the westernmost of the three peninsulas of Chalcidice. Colonists from Euboea settled there around the middle of the eighth century BC. The city became known for its Temple of Dionysus, built in the second half of the eighth century BC, and for the cult of Ammon Zeus, worshipped there with the same devotion shown at the Libyan sanctuary of Ammonium at least from the time of the Spartan general Lysander. According to Pausanias, Ammon Zeus appeared to Lysander in a dream at Aphytis and persuaded him to lift a siege. The remaining ruins of the Temple of Ammon Zeus date to a fourth century BC structure.
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1. Aphytis (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 40.1, longitude 23.433056
View the Source 2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 40.1,23.4331
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 59.0
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.25, 23.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.25, 23.25
40.25 23.25 Cfa
View the Source 4. GeoNames: Áfytos - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 736987, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.32 km)Quote, cities500 record 736987, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.32 km)
40.09915 23.4367 P PPL GR ESYE12 15 9057 1178 50 Europe/Athens
View the Source Wikidata: Aphytis
Wikidata Q4779776, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Aphytis (Wikipedia)
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