... eight rayed star (the sun) on one side and Aphrodite Urania seated, holding a long filleted scepter, surmounted by a ring. Next to the scepter there is a conical object surmounted by a star. The representations on the coins indicate the existence of some sort of pagan cult which honored Aphrodite, the goddess of love. The ancients thought that Alexarhos was a strange man who introduced unusual rules and strange customs to his town. It appears that the ancient Ouranoupolis did not survive for very long. Monumental walls and possibly the remains of an ancient town have been discovered in the sea. One autumn in 1954 a Swedish underwater expedition believed to have found the remains of a town, stretching westwards from the foot of the tower towards the islands. They are said to have found the walls of houses with roads among them, a bridge and a fireplace. When ...

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