Dreros

A post-Minoan Greek city built on two hills near Neapoli in eastern Crete, founded in the Geometric period (8th century BC) and flourishing through the 6th century BC. Its Temple of Apollo Delphinios is one of the earliest known Greek temples, housing three sphyrelaton bronze statues of Apollo, Artemis, and Leto -- among the oldest bronze statuettes in Greece. The agora contained a massive cistern (13 x 5.5 x 6 metres), the largest ever found in Greece, and yielded an inscription from the 7th century BC representing the earliest surviving inscribed law in Greece, regulating magistrate terms. The city minted coins bearing Athena's image and declined after civil conflict around 220 BC.