Port of Kechries

The Port of Kechries was a seaport town located at the western end of the in Korinthia. It served as a port for the city-state of Korinth.
It's location at the crossroads of eastern land and sea-trades routes made it an ideal port for trade. The bronze statues of Aphrodite and Poseidon which bordered the sea were venerated in Kechries. Aphrodite also had a sanctuary within the port, where she was worshipped as the goddess of navigation and the sea, instead of the goddess of love.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
The Port of Kechries was connected to the Port of Lechaion by the Diolkos.
During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra visited the port.
==Trivia==
*The town was named after Cechrias, a son of the god Poseidon.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
==References==
Category:Locations in Korinthia
Category:Locations in Kraneion Plains
Category:Towns in Greece
Category:Ports
fr:Port de Cenchrées