GRECA - Ag. Sostis - 2000

Greca. M. Petropoulos (then Director, Στ' ΕΠΚΑ, now Director, ΛΘ' ΕΠΚΑ) and A. Vordos (Στ' ΕΠΚΑ) report the remains of a large peripteral temple at Ag. Sostis, discovered in the course of survey to establish the existence of an ancient route between the temple of Artemis Aontia at Ano Mazaraki (Rakita) and that at Trapeza. Visible remains are the krepis blocks, the four sides of the peristasis, part of the sekos and an orthostat of the pronaos. The site is at 1,100masl, within the ancient Rhypike and on a plateau with a clear view to the Meganeitas valley, the upland plain of Trapeza, the plain of Aigion and the Corinthian gulf. No traces of the road were discovered (although survey continues), but the location of the temple confirms the existence of a route on the west side of the Meganeitas valley (complementing that already known on the east) which links the coast road with inland Achaea and Arkadia via Rakita.