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Ajios Akoufos 14/9 — 28/9
14/9Journey to Tillyros in Varossia. Organisation.
15/9Excursion to Plousia in the topotesia, where Roman tombs and ruins are viewed. Sunday rest.
16/9C. 100 m north of the gardens in the village of Ajios Akoufos lies a small field surrounded on two sides by a small river. The area is said by some to belong to the topotesia Δέγγια, by others to Λουρκά Δέγγια, though the former is probably the correct one. Here the earth is mixed with sherds from ~~[? M.] C III~~ M C III to Archaic times. It is related that a man, who was ploughing in the field, once came upon a large priest with a beard of stone. Where it has got to nobody knows now. In the northern part of the field Zangiris from Mandres claims that, out of curiosity, he dug a pit and there found "little girls and birds of earth." Of these he filled a basket, which he then sold for 17 sh. He claims that they had lain near … continues
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