Hotel Amfitriti

THE MAIN ENTRY TO THE OLD CITY OF NAFPLIO WAS
FROM THE PYLIS OF XIRAS *GATE OF LAND*. NEXT TO
THE CURRENT KTEL, THE MAIN STREET OF THE OLD CITY
OF NAFPLIO HIDES ALL THE CHARM OF THE MANSIONS OF
THE SECOND VENETIAN DOMINATION AND LEADS TO THE
GRAPHIC SQUARE OF SAINT SPYRIDONA. A CHURCH BUILT
IN 1802 WHERE IN ITS WALL IS STILL DISTINGUISHED
THE HOLE FROM THE BULLET OF MAYROMIXALEON THAT
TOOK THE LIFE OF KAPODISTRIA. OPPOSITE AND
TOWARDS THE LEFT IS A BEAUTIFUL TURKISH FOUNTAIN
EMBELLISHED WITH ARABIC LETTERS, WHICH HIDE
BEHIND IT THE BATH OF THE LEVEL GROUNDED ROOM OF
AMFITRITI. PRECISELY NEXT TO IT ARE THE SMALL
STEPS THAT LEAD TO RECEPTION AND TO THE REMAINING
GRAPHICAL ROOMS. AMFITRITI AMFITRITI IS ONE OF
THE FIFTY NEREIDS, DAUGHTER OF NIREA AND DORIDAS.
IN THE ODYSSEY SHE IS DESCRIBED AS THE FEMALE
PERSONIFICATION OF SEA, AS NEPTUNE IS THE MALE
CORRESPONDING PERSONIFICATION. AMFITRITI BECAME
NEPTUNES SPOUSE AND WITH HIM GAVE BIRTH TO THE
TRITONES *MALE MARINE DEITIES, HALF PERSONS AND
HALF FISH.* ACCORDING TO THE LEGACY NEPTUNE HAD
SEEN AMFITRITI DANCING WITH THE OTHER NEREIDS IN
NAXOS. HE FELL MADLY IN LOVE WITH HER AND HE
DECIDED TO STEAL HER. AMFITRITI WANTING TO AVOID
HIM, RESORTED TO ATLAS TO THE UTMOST LIMITS OF
THE SEA. NEPTUNE SENT THE DOLPHIN TO SEEK HER,
WHICH FOUND HER AND BROUGHT HER CLOSE TO HIM. AS
REMUNERATION, THE GOD OF THE SEA GAVE THE DOLPHIN
CONSTELLATION IN ORDER FOR IT TO LIVE FOR ALL
ETERNITY. AMFITRITI WAS WORSHIPPED WITH GREAT
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN MANY CITIES OF ANCIENT GREECE
- MAINLY COASTAL CITIES SUCH AS THE CYCLADES,
LESVOS, THASSOS AND ELSEWHERE. THE FIGURE OF THE
BEAUTIFUL NEREID INSPIRED MANY ARTISTS FROM THE
ANCIENT YEARS AND UP TO TODAY. HER USUAL
REPRESENTATION IS OF HER SEATING ON THE RIDGE OF
THE DOLPHIN HOLDING IN HER HAND A TRIDENT.