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Loizos Cave of Ithaki

Outside of the village Stavros , at the end of the coast of the City where is an ancient sunken city, lies the cave of Loizos. Named by Loizos , a real person who became wealthy by selling antiquities in ancient gold coins found at random in the cave. In excavations in the cave found bronze vessels and clay mask fragment with the inscription " ΕΥΧΗΝ ΟΔΥΣΣΕΙ " (Prayer to Odysseus) 2nd century BC. The findings outlined in the archaeology Museum of Stavros. The cave was a center of worship of the early Greek period as the 1st century AD as evidenced by the findings that include statues of deities such as Artemis, Athena and Hera.