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Established by the Kares, conquered from the Ionians, lastly from Dorians, it became a commercial center with famous colonies - especially Aegina - and remained an ally of Sparti, enemy of Argos, enjoying its own power and glory. There existed temples of Asklipios with its own statue and her wife's Ipioni, church of Dionysos, grove of Artemis, sacred for the goddess Afrodite and towards the harbor a temple of Hera.

South of the peninsula is the ancient theatre of the 4th century to be found. It was discovered in 1971 by the archeologist Evangelia Deilaki and excavated by the Archaeological department of Nafplio the summer of 1972. It is made of marble, excellently preserved, with a capacity of 6000 seats - maybe even 9000 seats with the addition of wooden seats in the upper landings - and speaks of the prosperity and the culture of the town, which maintained its own theatre, although the big theatre of Asklipios was situated 20 km away. The acoustics of the theatre is so tremendous that the fall of a coin in the middle of its base can be heard even from the upper landing.

 

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