Katafylli, Karditsa

Katafylli (Καταφύλλιον) Karditsa

Katafylli is a mountain village in the prefecture of Karditsa. It is built at an altitude of 1,100 meters on the slopes of Agrafa and is one of the most mountainous settlements in Thessaly. Katafylli belongs to the municipality of Acheloos and its population according to the 2001 census is 392 inhabitants, who are mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. The municipal district of Katafyllio includes the settlements: Ardanovo, Katafylli, Kellaria, Prava, Sykia and Taxiarchis.

From Athamas until today

The village was named 'Selipiana' by the Athaman king 'Selippo'. It was renamed ‘Katafylli’ in 1930 with the presidential decree 17/7/1930 FEK 251/1930. In Katafylli (Selipiana), in a Delphic landscape, there is an archeological site. Some researchers (Chr. Glezos 1985) place "Argithea" in this capital of the Athamanians, as the site controlled the crossings and passages to Evritania and the powerful Aetolian state in the Hellenistic years, with which the Athamans were allies. longer. Today, the communication takes place through the imposing Katafyllio bridge at Trichies

Athamania was the area of ​​central Pindos that flows through Acheloos. It included the southeastern part of Epirus and the western mountainous part of Thessaly. Athamanians and Molossians are called peoples of Epirus by Strabo. The mountainous area of ​​the prefecture of Karditsa, where the villages of Argithea are located, was in ancient times part of Athamania. The Athamanes were one of the Greek tribes that settled here in the 2nd millennium BC. and took part in the movements of the Greeks at the end of the 12th century BC. until the 9th century BC. Their ancestor, according to the testimony of Apollodorus, was Athamas - son of Aeolus and Enaretis - the king of Boeotia, who settled on the slopes of Pindos after wandering. He was expelled from his homeland because he had killed his son - with Ino - Learchos.

Among the kings of Athamania are Theodoros, Argitheos, Theodoros II, Amynandros and Selipos.

Athamania became a powerful state during the period 250-167 BC. during the reign of Theodore II, Amyndandros and Selipou.
Indicative dates of events.

• 1330 BC Athamas becomes king of the Minoan Boeotians

• 1300 BC Athamas, expelled from his kingdom, hearing the oracle of the oracle, to find a wild and mountainous place, ended up on the slopes of Pindos. Wedding Athama with Themisto (daughter of the Most High and Creusa) and founding of Athamania

• 1100 BC Descent of Dorians. But the Dorians did not prevail over the Athamanians, who were ruthless.

• 1050 BC Division of Athamania into 4 sections.

• 500 BC First references to the Greekness of the Athamanians. "The descendants of the Immortal, Greeks gar (Plato).

• At the end of the 5th and the beginning of the 4th century BC. they were friends of the Lacedaemonians.

• 395 BC Posting from the alliance of Sparta and participation in the alliance of Athenians, Boeotians, Thessalians and others.

• 375 BC Participation in the Second Athenian Alliance.

• 355 BC Alliance with Macedonians, Thessalians and others against the Phocians in the Third Holy War.

• 323 BC Alliance with Athenians against the Macedonians in the Lamian War.

• 281-272 BC Occupation of Athamania by Pyrrhus.

• 250 BC King Theodoros, building Theodoria.

• 220-178 BC King Amynandros, prosperity and wealth of Athamania.

• 191 BC Athamania becomes a Macedonian province. Amynandros takes refuge in Amvrakia with his wife Apamia and his children.

• 190/189 BC (winter). Recovery of Athamania by Amynandros.

• 178 BC King Selipus, last king of the Athamans.

• 168 BC Submission to the Romans and destruction of the country by the army of Emilius Paulus.

• 164-63 BC Gradual decline and dissolution.

Until the middle of the second half of the 20th century there were visible remnants of the palace buildings under the huge rock, called Katafylli. Ruins of palaces and houses were found at Kelia and Goura. In these places were found various ancient objects, statuettes, jars, coins, etc. Among them is the statue of the goddess Athena and a bronze statuette of Skyla of the 4th century BC which is made by the method of the lost candle. According to archaeologists, it depicts the mythical Scylla who tormented Odysseus.
Pleisivou

After the dissolution of Athamania and after conquerors passed through the area, the village was rebuilt on the site of Pleisivou, on the southwest side of Mirmitzala. There is no information on when it was built. However, from the names of the churches and their ruins, which existed until the middle of the second half of the 20th century, we conclude that it was built during the Byzantine times. Tradition has it that the village was built on this site by the inhabitants of the village settlements, when they all decided to live together to be less vulnerable to the various invaders. Until about the end of the 20th century, there were ruins of these settlements that testified to their existence. Their names that are still used today are: Pyrli, Taxiarches, Prodromos, Kellaria, Metochi and Ardanovo. The village in Pleissivou was destroyed before 1785 by numerous "askeri". The residents were informed of the arrival of the Turkish army, as well as their intention to plunder and destroy the village. Most hid their valuables and left. The enemy army, after killing all the inhabitants it found, looted the village and set it on fire.
Modern Times

The area was almost deserted after the destruction of Pleisivos. However, it was not long before new residents appeared. Occupied mainly by the conquerors from various places, they sought refuge in this area. The new village was built near the ruins of the old palaces and houses of the Athamanians, in Selipiana. After the liberation of Greece from the Turks and the organization of the Greek state, the danger of raids disappeared and slowly the inhabitants began to build new houses, where they had their fields. Thus were created the new settlements that still exist today, Taxiarches, Prodromos, Platanakia, Kellaria, Geladogreko, Ardanovo, Prava and Sykia.
Sources

. http://www.katafylli.gr. Retrieved on 20/08/2010

. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper. Retrieved on 20/08/2010

. https://web.archive.org/web/20100702195658/http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/ah/Livy/index.html. Retrieved on 20/08/2010

. http://www.attalus.org/index.html. Retrieved on 20/08/2010

. http://www.archaiologia.gr/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/34-12.pdf. Retrieved on 11/07/2016

Community Katafylli
Ardanovo (Αρδάνοβο, το)
Katafylli (Καταφύλλι, το)
Kellaria (Κελλάρια, τα)
Prava (Πράβα, η)
Sykia (Συκιά, η)
Taxiarchis (Ταξιάρχης, ο)

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