Argyra (, before 1928: Άβερνα - ''Averna'')
[Αργυρά (Αχαΐας)]
EETAA local government changes is a village in the municipal unit of
Rio,
Achaea
Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek language, Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaḯa'', ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwest ...
,
Greece
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. It is situated in the northern foothills of the
Panachaiko
The Panachaiko (, "Panachaean"), also known as Vodias (Βοδιάς) mainly at the Middle Ages, is a mountain range in Achaea, Peloponnese, Greece. It spans about 20 km in length from north to south, and 15–20 km from east to west. I ...
, at about 450 m elevation. It is 2 km west of
Sella and 7 km east of Rio. A
wind energy
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facility has been built about 4 km to the south.
Population
History
The ancient town
Argyra was located near the river
Selemnos, the spring Argyra and the town
Boline
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Description
Unlike the athame, whi ...
. Both towns were already ruined in
Pausanias' days (2nd century AD). According to local legend,
Argyra was a sea-nymph, who fell in love with
Selemnus and used to come up out of the sea to visit him, sleeping by his side.
[ Pausanias ''Description of Greece'' 7.23] The exact location of the ancient town is unknown. The current village was renamed after the ancient town in 1928.
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See also
* List of settlements in Achaea
References
{{Rio, Greece
Populated places in Achaea
Patras
Rio, Greece