Pyrasus

The site of Pyrasus is within the limits of Nea Anchialos [1]. The only excavation that took place on the hill of Magoula, the ancient acropolis, southeast of Nea Anchialos, shows that the place was inhabited since the Neolithic by fishermen and farmers [1]. Stählin found a walled circuit covered by Byzantine remains near the top of the hill, and other walls similar at its foot [1]. Archaeological remains are scarce and the city is barely known in historical times [1]. An arm of a large statue, which came to light in 1965, was attributed to Demeter [1]. Possibly the most important finding is a small fragment of an old epigraph, discovered in the remains of the great Basilica D with the name Pyrasus, which confirms the location of the town [1].