Orchomenos

Orchomenus (or Orchomenos, Orkhomenos Greek: Ὀρχομενός), the setting for many early Greek myths, is a municipality and a rich archaeological site in Boeotia, Greece, that was inhabited from the Neolithic through the Hellenistic periods. As of 2001, the population was 10,732. Orchomenus is also referenced as the "Minyean Orchomenus" in order to distinguish the city from the "Arcadian Orchomenus", the latter of which was located in Arcadia near the modern town of Kalpaki. The municipality Orchomenos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units: The Neolithic remains found at Orchomenos were first thought to be in situ (Bulle 1907) but it later appeared...