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Municipalities, community presidents and mayors.
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1388
Argos and Nauplia are sold to Venice
Marie d'Enghien, heiress of the Brienne family's lands in the Argolid, sold her lordship of Argos and Nauplia, including the castle of Kiveri, to the Republic of Venice.
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1394
Venice finally takes over the castles
The handover after the sale of 1388 was anything but smooth. The Despot of Mystras seized the castles of the Argolid first, and only in 1394 did Venice actually gain control of the area, the castle on Pontinos included.
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1479
The castle on Pontinos falls out of use
After the Venetian–Ottoman war of 1463–1479 the castle was allowed to stay in Venetian hands on condition that it was not rebuilt. From then on it gradually disappears from the record; roofs collapsed and the walls began…
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1704
'Molini': the village appears under its own name
In his description of the Peloponnese, printed in Venice in 1704, P. A. Pacifico lists the 29 villages of the territory of Argos. Next to 'Civeri' he names a separate village 'Molini', the Mills. This is the oldest known…
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1 August 1715
Five Venetian officers are executed at the camp
On 1 August 1715, in the camp at Tziveri, Osman Aga received the rank of pasha of two horsetails, the governorship of Erzurum and the command of Nafplio. The same day five Venetian officers of the Nafplio garrison were…
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22 September 1715
The Sultan's gifts for the conqueror of the Morea
On 22 September 1715, in the camp of the Mills, the Sultan's sword-bearer (silahdar) handed the Grand Vizier an imperial decree, a sable fur and a sabre set with diamonds and turquoises, as a reward for the reconquest of…
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1806
The gardens of the Kapudan Pasha and the mill dam
South of the mills Leake saw a stone dam 250 yards long along the beach, with two shorter cross walls, built to hold water for the mills. Next to it lay gardens full of orange and other fruit trees, which 'formerly…
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1806
Leake: the 'Afendiki Myli' are government mills of Nafplio
The British officer and topographer William Martin Leake visited the mills in 1806. He called them the Afendiki Myli, 'mills of Anapli [Nafplio], to which town they belong', and explained the Greek term as 'government…
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19 July 1809
Tithe wheat goes from Myloi to Tripolitsa
A tax account dated 7 July 1809 (old style) records 'the wheat that was taken from Myloi to Tripolitsa' in the name of Nikolos Meletis, at 30 para a measure. It was the tithe wheat of the district of Argos, from 52…
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24 November 1822
A police overseer for the Mills
During the War of Independence Myloi was a harbour and a supply point, so the revolutionary government gave it its own police official. Andreas Papadiamantopoulos was appointed "overseer of the police at Myloi". These…
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31 May 1823
Harbour master and police chief of Myloi, 1823–1824
Spyros Stathopoulos became "general harbour master and police overseer of Myloi" and served until early 1824. After him came Konstantinos Michalopoulos ("Astynomos"), Panagis Orfanos as acting police chief (March 1824)…
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March 1824 – June 1824
Myloi, seat of the Greek government
For more than two months in the spring of 1824, the Executive of Georgios Kountouriotis governed from Myloi and the ships off its shore. Proclamations and letters of the time are signed 'from Myloi of Nafplio'; the…
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22 May 1824
Kolettis writes a letter from Myloi
Ioannis Kolettis, member of the Executive, dated a letter 'From Myloi of Nafplio, 10 May 1824'. It was printed half a century later in an Athens newspaper. A French version of a proclamation from the same days carries…
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19 June 1834
Myloi becomes seat of the municipality of Temenion
When King Otto's government divided Greece into municipalities, Myloi became the seat of the municipality of Temenion (Δήμος Τημενίου), named after the ancient harbour town nearby.
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4 November 1840
A town hall in Myloi
A notice in the Athens paper Athina announces an auction "in Myloi of the municipality of Temenion, in front of the town hall". A year later a court paper mentions "the café in Myloi of the municipality of Temenion". So…
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30 December 1840
The municipality of Temenion disappears
According to the official register of administrative changes, Temenion was merged into the municipality of Argos in December 1840. Yet newspapers still speak of "the municipality of Temenion" in 1841 and 1845. By 1864 at…
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1843
Myloi chooses an elector
For the elections to the National Assembly after the revolution of 3 September 1843, each village chose electors. For Myloi this was Panagis Spanos, the earliest villager of Myloi we know by name in a public role.
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1843
A state salt depot at Myloi
Salt was a state monopoly, and Myloi had a state salt depot (alatapothiki) from at least 1843. Its keepers were civil servants, and appointments and dismissals appear in the newspapers until at least 1877.
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March 1858
The village councillor welcomes King Otto and Queen Amalia
King Otto and Queen Amalia came by steamer from Nafplio to Myloi, where all the villagers met them with local music. The special councillor (ειδικός πάρεδρος) of Myloi, "Mr Loukas", had strewn the streets with myrtle and…
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17 February 1862
Telegrams from Myloi about the revolt in Nafplio
When the garrison of Nafplio rose against King Otto in February 1862, some of the first news reached Athens through messages sent from Myloi by the keeper of the state salt depot. They were printed in the press dated…
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April 1864 – May 1864
Robbers carry off the village councillor
At nightfall a band of more than twelve robbers raided "the village of Myloi of the municipality of Argos". They robbed the councillor (πάρεδρος) Loukas Giannakopoulos and led him bound as far as the bridge of the…
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15 February 1867
Deputies propose a customs office at Myloi
Twelve members of parliament from the Peloponnese tabled a bill to set up a third-class sub-customs office 'at Myloi of Argos'.
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1873
Myloi gets a customs station
After years of requests, a law of 1873 set up 'a customs station at Myloi of Argos'. Goods for Arcadia no longer had to make the detour through Nafplio. In 1874 a newspaper noted that there were public offices at Myloi.
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19 October 1878
Prices set for the state land around Myloi
Much of the land around Myloi was still 'national land', former Ottoman property that had passed to the Greek state. Under the law for distributing it to farmers, the cabinet set its price per stremma at Myloi: 60 to 100…
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1879
1879: 135 inhabitants, part of the municipality of Argos
The census of 1879 counts 135 people in Myloi: 78 men and 57 women. The village then belonged to the municipality of Argos (Δήμος Αργείων), together with Kiveri and Skafidaki. The surplus of men fits a village of…
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3 August 1881
A telegraph office for Myloi is requested
Newspapers in Tripoli and Athens supported a request for a telegraph station at Myloi, the busy landing place on the road to Arcadia.
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3 September 1883
A state grant for the school of Myloi
A royal decree on grants to municipalities for primary education gave Myloi, in the municipality of Argos, 10 drachmas a month 'for the grammar school' (grammatoscholeio), a small school where children learned to read…
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11 January 1886
The schoolmaster of Myloi is paid by the state
A new decree on school grants again gave Myloi 10 drachmas a month, now 'for the schoolmaster' (grammatodidaskalos). Together with earlier reports, it shows that the village kept a small school of its own in the years…
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13 September 1912
Myloi becomes part of the community of Kiveri
With the reform that replaced the old municipalities by village communities, Myloi was separated from Argos and placed in the new community of Kiveri.
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December 1927
"Kalamaki of Kiveri"
A notice of December 1927 reports that a man "from Kalamaki of Kiveri" who had just died left 300 drachmas in his will to the Argos association "Danaos". It shows that Kalamaki then still counted as part of Kiveri, not…
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1 October 1928
Myloi gets its own community
Myloi left the community of Kiveri and became the seat of its own community, the Κοινότης Μύλων, with an elected president and council. This community lasted until the Kapodistrias reform of the late 1990s.
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26 September 1939
The dictatorship replaces the village council
Under the Metaxas regime a royal decree dissolved the councils of Skotini, Kiveri and Myloi because they were "hindering normal operation". For Myloi an appointed committee took over: Nikolaos Chr. Giannakopoulos as…
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16 October 1940
Kalamaki becomes an official settlement of Myloi
In the census of 16 October 1940 Kalamaki (officially Καλαμάκιον) is listed for the first time as a separate settlement and attached to the community of Myloi. The name itself is older: emigrants of 1911 gave…
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29 April 1949
Myloi in the new prefecture of Argolida
The old prefecture of Argolida and Corinthia was split, and the community of Myloi, with Kalamaki, came under the new prefecture of Argolida.
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24 June 1953
Nikolaos Giannakopoulos, president of the community
On 24 June 1953 the president of the community, N. Giannakopoulos, signs a public tender "in Myloi". He had already led the village in 1939 as head of the appointed committee. In 1951 a newspaper lists him as a grocer.
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25 December 1954
Ilias Papoulias, president of the community
Ilias Papoulias signs as "president of the community of Myloi" a notice published on 1 January 1955. In 1959 he was a member of the council.
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May 1957
Christos Papagiannis leads the village for ten years
From May 1957 Christos Papagiannis signs as president of the community of Myloi. He is still president in April 1967, a few days before the military coup of 21 April 1967. The community secretary in these years was…
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30 June 1959
The village council makes John Caskey an honorary citizen
By unanimous decision no. 45 the council of Myloi declared the American archaeologist John Caskey an honorary citizen, for services to culture and to tourism in the community. It was signed by president Chr. Papagiannis…
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14 November 1963
An Athens paper visits the president and his council
The evening paper Vradyni publishes a report on Myloi and its wishes: a longer harbour, the coastal road to Nafplio, a community office, a doctor's surgery and a museum. It names the council: Chr. Papagiannis…
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20 June 1965
A lawyer from Myloi in Argos politics
In a series on "our new politicians", the paper Argolika Nea writes that Dionysios Styl. Balaskas "was born in Myloi of Argos". He studied law in Athens, fought as a gunner on the Albanian front, practised as a lawyer in…
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27 January 1968
Under the junta: Georgios Granias
After the coup of April 1967 community presidents were appointed, not elected. In January and June 1968 Georgios Granias signs as president of the community of Myloi.
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September 1968
Georgios Lermas, president 1968–1972
From September 1968 Georgios Lermas signs as president of the community of Myloi, and he still does so in July 1972. Like his predecessor he served under the military regime.
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14 March 1971
Census 1971: Kougeika appears
In 1971 the community of Myloi has 675 inhabitants: 466 in Myloi, 171 in Kalamaki and 38 in Kougeika, which is recognised as a settlement in this census. Myloi itself shrank a little, as many Greek villages did in these…
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April 1973 – November 1973
Georgios Koutouzos, president in 1973
Between April and November 1973 Georgios Koutouzos signs tenders "in the community office of Myloi" as president, among them one for an underwater sewage pipe. He fills the gap between Lermas and Koromichis.
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22 August 1977
Georgios Koromichis and the new water supply
As president of the community, Georgios Koromichis signs the tender for the water supply of Myloi (1.5 million drachmas). He also led the founding of a kindergarten in 1980. In 1981 he wrote of "eight years of our…
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16 December 1979
The president speaks about selling Lerna's water
The Argos paper Feidon interviews the president of the community, G. Koromichis, about the sale of water from the springs of Lerna. In 1981 he publicly answered two opposition councillors in the same paper; the water of…
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26 December 1991
The village council at the President's table
During his secret Christmas stay in Myloi, François Mitterrand received the mayor of Argos and the council of the community: president M. Koromichis with councillors N. Kodelas and N. Gkikopoulos.
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October 1994
Loukas Kouvaras wins the village election
Back from an international career, Loukas Kouvaras stood in the local elections of October 1994 with his own independent list and won. He was president of the community of Myloi from 1995 to 1998 and also chaired the…
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4 December 1997
Myloi becomes seat of the new municipality of Lerna
Under the Kapodistrias reform the communities of Myloi, Kiveri, Skafidaki, Andritsa and others were merged into the municipality of Lerna (Δήμος Λέρνας), with its seat in Myloi. The new municipality began work in 1999…
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October 1998
Loukas Kouvaras, first mayor of Lerna
Kouvaras was elected first mayor of the new municipality of Lerna in 1998 and re-elected in 2002. He built the town hall in Myloi, laid out the beaches of Myloi and Kiveri and brought water and roads to the neighbouring…
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2007–2010
Michalis Chasapis, last mayor of Lerna
Michalis Chasapis is named in later years as "former mayor of Lerna". He was most likely the second and last mayor, from 2007 until the municipality was abolished in 2010; afterwards he sat on the council of…
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c. 2010
Akis Koromichis, president of the local community
Panagiotis (Akis) Koromichis, born and raised in Myloi, was president of the local community of Myloi for about thirteen years up to 2023, and came first in the 2019 local vote. A report from June 2020, however, calls…
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7 June 2010
Lerna is merged into Argos-Mykines
Under the Kallikratis reform the municipality of Lerna was abolished and became a municipal unit of the large municipality of Argos-Mykines. Myloi, with Kalamaki and Kougeika, became a local community (Τοπική Κοινότητα…
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5 September 2017
Myloi says no to moving its pupils to Kiveri
When the primary school of Myloi was to be closed and the children sent to Kiveri, the residents decided that the pupils would not go. The statement was signed by community president Panagiotis Koromichis and the chair…
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2024
Babis Kalantzis, president of the local community
Charalambos (Babis) Kalantzis, who had been elected vice-president of the local community at 25, is named as president of the community of Myloi from May 2024 onwards. In June 2025 he took part in the commemoration of…
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2026
A new water network for Kalamaki
The municipality of Argos-Mykines decides to replace and extend the water supply network "in the settlement of Kalamaki".