Helike
Helike was an ancient Greek polis or city-state that was submerged by a tsunami in the winter of 373 BC. It was located in the regional unit of Achaea, northern Peloponnesos, two kilometres from the Corinthian Gulf and near the city of Boura, which, like Helike, was a member of the Achaean League.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Drekis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eliki railway station.
Eliki railway station
Railway station
Eliki railway station is a Station on the Athens Airport–Patras railway line just outside the borders of the settlement of Eliki, a small village in Achaea, Greece.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rizomylos and Nikolaiika.
Rizomylos
Hamlet
Photo: Αριστείδης Ι. Καλοβρεντής, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rizomylos is a village in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. Its beach on the Gulf of Corinth, 2 km northeast of the village, is well known. Aigio is 6 km to the northwest, and the village Nea Keryneia is adjacent to the west.
Nikolaiika
Village
Nikolaiika is a village in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. It is located near the Gulf of Corinth coast, 1 km east of Rizomylos, 5 km west of Diakopto and 7 km southeast of Aigio. The Greek National Road 8A passes south of the village.
Valimitika
Village
Valimitika is a village in the municipal unit of Aigio, Achaea, Greece. It is situated at the outflow of the river Selinountas into the Gulf of Corinth, 5 km east of Aigio. The railway from Corinth to Patras passes through the village.
Helike
- Type: Destroyed locality
- Description: ancient city of Achaia, identified with an archaeological site
- Categories: ancient city, Ancient Greek archaeological site, polis, and submerged settlement
- Location: Aigialeia, Achaea, West Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Helike” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هيلايك”
- Armenian: “Էլիկա”
- Bulgarian: “Хелике”
- Catalan: “Helice”
- Catalan: “Hèlice”
- Chinese: “希來克”
- Chinese: “赫里克”
- Czech: “Helike”
- Dutch: “Helike”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هيلايك”
- Esperanto: “Helikeo”
- Estonian: “Helike”
- Estonian: “linn Vana-Kreekas”
- Finnish: “Helike”
- French: “Héilce”
- French: “Hélice”
- French: “Hélikè”
- German: “Helike”
- Greek: “Αρχαιολογικός χώρος Ελίκης”
- Greek: “Ελίκη”
- Indonesian: “Helike”
- Italian: “Elice”
- Japanese: “ヘリケ (古代ギリシアの都市)”
- Japanese: “ヘリケー (古代ギリシアの都市)”
- Portuguese: “Helique”
- Romanian: “Helike”
- Russian: “Гелика”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Helike”
- Spanish: “Helice”
- Spanish: “Hélice”
- Swedish: “Helike”
- Turkish: “Helike”
- Ukrainian: “Геліка”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Helike”. Photo: Drekis, CC BY-SA 3.0.