Axos
Axos—also known in Greek as Ὄαξος (Ϝάξος)—was an inland Cretan city that, in classical times, functioned as a polis. Its setting matters: it lay on the slopes of Mount Ida, with its harbour identified at Astale. Archaeology hints that human presence may reach back earlier, since the Linear B toponym “e-ko-so” has been hypothesized as an early reference to the site, though the link remains uncertain. You can see the mountain rhythm in where the remains have been found. Evidence from the Late Minoan IIIC period appears southeast of the modern village of Axos, at an elevation of 600 meters, and pottery fragments suggest occupation during the Dark Ages. Later life is clearer: it was inhabited from the Geometric period into the Byzantine period. Axos also lived in writers’ imaginations. …
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