In the beautiful and picturesque peninsula of Vouliagmeni, situated on eastern Athens ( just 20 km from the city centre), known from the famous lake with the mineral water spa ,lies Electra hotel apartments.
In its' furnished apartments our guest has the opportunity to enjoy the calmness of the area as well as the comforts of his own home.
THE MYTH
In the coasts of the Saronic gulf , 24 km south of the city of Athens, flourishes since the pre-classical years the Municipality of Aexonidon Alon.Today's Vouliagmeni.
According to Pafsanias, the Titaness Leto, pregnant from the father of the gods Zeus, hunted by the jealous goddess Hera, wife of Zeus, seeks desperately a place to give birth to her children. Leto feeling discomfort from the labour pains throws away her belt over the sandy and piney narrow strip of land with beaches on both sides. This strip of land is no other than Laimos of Vouliagmeni
The area will be named ''Zostir '' (belt) from the belt that Leto threw or, according to Pafsanias, from the weapons that Apollon put around his belt in order to defend his mother.
Around the second half of the 8th century B.C., a temple is built in Vouliagmeni with three altars. dedicated to Leto, goddess of the night and protector of pregnant women, and her twin children, Artemis and Apollon.
The temple was extended once in the 6th century B.C. and once again during the second half of the 4th century B.C. and operated normally, at least until the end of the 2nd century A.D.There is still in the area a temple dedicated to Athena, goddess of wisdom, but this temple has not been found yet.
In Laimos of Vouliagmeni a settlement was excavated in 1936-1938, which was characterized as hieratic and has been dated around the end of the 6th-beginning of the 5th century B.C. The main house was characterized as a unique exemplary house around the whole gulf of Vouliagmeni. Moreover, a fortification tower of the Athenians was excavated.This tower has been dated around 429 B.C., as mentioned by the ancient historian Thoucydides.
Many of these findings are exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Athens.
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