Hellenistic walls
The Acropolis of the colony of Chios people is placed on the hill of St. Athanasius. The wall and towers reached to the beach. From the strong fortress of the 4th century BC that surrounded the city in an area of about 10 km (10,400 m.), and protected an area of 4,240 hectares, various parts have been revealed in various places.
The wall starts from the acropolis in two parallel strands, approximately 4 km length and ends up southwest to the place of "Mesonisi" and southeast to the place of "Parathira". The course is known, because in various places, the lower domes or stones that formed the inside filling are preserved. However, large parts are not maintained, including the coastal part of the wall. The masonry is isodomic and the material of construction is the local gneiss and unsound granite. The maximum preserved height of the wall is 2 meters, while the thickness is 2.30 to 3 meters. Nine towers have been revealed, but there would have been more. However, none of the city gates has been saved.
Dedicatory repousse of a Thracian Horseman found in the acropolis of Maronia and now exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Komotini. The equestrian Thracian or Horseman hero has been worshiped over time, up to the Roman times, on the hills of Thrace up to the depths of modern Bulgaria. His name remained unknown. The scene of hunting refers to the mythical king of Thrace Rhesos, hunter in the forests of the region. The king with the famous horses was worshiped as a god after his death at Troy. After the colonization of the coast and the dissemination of Dodekatheon, Apollo - Helios, the god of light, Dionysus, the god of wine, Muses and later the Egyptian gods were worshiped in the area. With the advent of Christianity, on the tops of the mountains and hills of Thrace, Saint George was worshiped as an equestrian warrior, unlike other regions on the hills of Greece, where Prophet Elijah is often worshiped.
