Written by Konstantinos Konstantinidis Amphiktyon
After this, the Lacedaemonians decided to kill them at night according to the custom there. First, however, they locked them all in prison. The Minyan women and the daughters of the Spartan officials were informed of this secret and they all got permission to visit their relatives in prison. During the visit, they took off their dresses and the men put them on, and they put on men’s clothes. Thus, the men came out of prison in women’s dresses and were led to Taygetos. The women remained in prison. At that time Thera was preparing a colony and asked for personnel from the Lacedaemonians and they gave him Lemnians, giving them favors. However, most of the Minyans defected to Elis to the Paroreates and Caucones, whom they expelled and built their own cities: Lepreon, Makiston, Phryxas, Pyrgos, Epion and Noudion. These were occupied during the time of Herodotus by the Elis, but a part had gone to the island of Thera.
Commentary:
1/The Argonaut Expedition is one of the first cultural campaigns of Hellenism in the Black Sea. The participation of the Greek cities was universal and the campaign was led by the kings of each city, with Jason and Orpheus as leaders. In Colchis, where they arrived, they found a Greek king (Aeetis, former king of Corinth) but also their rival inhabitants, who had the same religion, same language and same geography
2/ Bad breath. According to the distinguished dentist Christos Konstantinidis, my son, bad breath (HALITOSIA) often comes from dietary habits, such as smoking cigarettes, onions, garlic, etc. An important factor is the microbial flora of the mouth. Food residues such as (cysteine, amino acids and methionine). These, through the action of bacteria, create volatile compounds, such as cysteine disulfide and methionine disulfide and finally H2S, CH3SH and (CH3)2SH. The tongue retains a large amount of residues. The same happens and with rotten teeth etc. [A related scientific article by him is published separately on the website]
3/ The Lemnians are the first feminists in the world. Since then, gynaecology has prevailed in Lemnos.
4/ In Mythology (Greek Archaeology), Medea is the daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis (Black Sea) and the Oceanid Idyia or Hecate. She possessed the highest art of pharmacy and magic, which she was taught by her aunt, Circe, and was respected by the people. She worshipped the ancient gods, before the Twelve, those whom the Greeks honored in the Eleusinian Mysteries and elsewhere
.5/ In the tragedy “Medea” by Euripides, she is said to have killed their two children. Ferita and Mermeron in order to avenge her unfaithful companion Jason, who abandoned her to marry the daughter of the king of Corinth.
6/Aphrodite in Greek mythology and religion is the goddess of love, beauty and childbearing. According to Homeric myth, she was born in the foam of the sea in Cyprus. She was the wife of Hephaestus, but also the mistress of Ares, the god of war, with whom she is said to have had Eros, Deimos and Phobos. With Poseidon, she gave birth to Ericus, who gave his name to the mountain of the same name in Sicily. The Lemnians accused the Goddess of love and she avenged them with bad breath. This shows that the Greeks were not dogmatic. If a Mohammedan even today dared to judge Mohammed, there would be a great uproar and perhaps he would lose his head.
7/ Lepreo was a city of Triphylia near Figaleia. Built at the foot of Mount Minthi. It was inhabited in prehistoric times and became one of the most powerful cities of the Heli. The city’s eponymous founder was Lepreus, the nephew of Augeas.
8/ The myth of the hero Lepreus, who dared to challenge Hercules to a contest of gluttony and wine drinking, is noteworthy. He defeated Hercules and was encouraged to challenge him to a duel in which he lost his life. They say that he advised Augeas not to pay the agreed upon amount for the cleansing of Augeas’ stable.
9/ Lepreo was also famous for the famous Pankration School (a type of incomplete wrestling and boxing). From Lepreo was also the pankrationist Arrachion who died fighting and did not surrender to his opponent. For the first time, a victory prize was shared between a deceased person and the winner. In ancient Greece, martial arts were an integral element of the military education of young people. The peoples of the Far East adopted and incorporated martial arts into their life and culture. We are deniers of our ancestors, perhaps because the International Olympic Committee refused despite the efforts made to include Pankration. in the Olympic Games. On the contrary, he has included some silly and foolish games 22/7/25)
*Amphiktyon, Lieutenant General (retd) Konstantinos Konstantinidis
Author, Member of the Society of Greek Writers