Frixa Explained

Frixa
Name Local:Φρίξα
Type:community
Coordinates:37.6167°N 63°W
Periph:West Greece
Periphunit:Elis
Municipality:Andritsaina-Krestena
Municunit:Skillounta
Pop Community:301
Population As Of:2021

Frixa (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Φρίξα, before 1916: Ανεμοχωράκιον - Anemochorakion[1]) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. The community includes the village Anemochoraki. Frixa is on a hill near the left bank of the river Alfeios, 2 km northeast of Skillountia, 7 km southeast of Olympia and 8 km northeast of Krestena.

Population

Year Population village Community population
1981 350 -
1991 430 -
2001 319 523
2011 200 309
2021 257 301

History

Phrixa was a hilltop town in the ancient land of Pisa. The town was already ruined in Pausanias' days (2nd century AD). It had a temple of Cydonian Athena. It was said that the temple was founded by Clymenus from Kydonia in Crete, a descendant of Heracles of Ida.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/168988 Name changes of settlements in Greece
  2. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]