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Hephaistia

Also known as Ifestia

Greek name: Ηφαιστία Λήμνου

Say it: Ifaistia Limnou

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Hephaestia and Hephaistia, or Hephaestias or Hephaistias, was a town of Ancient Greece, now an archaeological site on the northern shore of Lemnos, Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. It was named in the honor of Hephaistos, Greek god of metallurgy, whose cult was maintained on the island. It was once the capital of the island (8th to 6th centuries BCE), of which only the ruins remain. The Greek theater dates from between the late 5th and early 4th century BCE. It underwent reconstruction from 2000 to 2004, and in 2010 the first theater play (Sophocles' Oedipus Rex) was played after 2,500 years. The theatre has capacity of 200 people in the main area, and additional 1,000 outside.

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