HALL A: PHRONIME
This fictional film, directed by Andonis Kioukas, focuses on Eleutherna’s trade and foreign relations. With the Theran stamnos and bronze bowl displayed in Hall A as starting point, the film relates the story of Phronime as told by Herodotus (Histories, 4, 154-161), with King Etearchos of Axos (a city to the southeast of Eleutherna on Mount Ida), his daughter Phronime, her hateful stepmother, and the merchant Themison from Thera, who frequented the king’s court with his goods, and who, on his way to Axos, must have stopped at Eleutherna. Based on research by Professor N. Chr. Stampolidis, this short film with original footage follows Phronime’s journey from Axos to Thera.