TIMELINE

Brief history of the people on the island of Kos. 2900 BC First inhabitants of Kos named Pelasgians.Bronze Age. 460 BC Birth of the father of medicine Hippocrates.Until now doctors take the Hippocratic oath. 308 BC Rise of trade.Birth of Ptolemy II of Egypt, led to better protection of the island. 130 BC Fall of trade althougt Kos became part of cultural centre of Roman Empire. 1315 AD Rhodes and Kos are taken under the control of the Knights of St.John.Castles and fortresses are being built. 1523 AD Dark years of Greece due to conquer by the Turks,led to education and religion loss. 1875 AD Kardamena Village. After the separation of the inhabitants of the castle Kardamena was build. 1912 AD Dictatorship of the Italians who are first presented as liberators suppresses liberties on the island. 1933 AD The Italians after the earthquake rebuild the island that is severely damaged. 1943 AD Kos and the rest of Greece are occupied by the German troops during the WWII. 1947 AD Unification of the Dodecanese islands with the rest of Greece. 1973 AD Tourism in Kardamena started to flourish. ================== 14 century The Castle the only thing we do know is that at the time of the magistrates,about the 14 century it is clearly stated that the magistrate Helion de Villencuve build the castle between Antimaxia and Kardamena.This is the first reference of the castle and it shows how the castle was build the period after 1337(the takeover of the island from the Ioannites Knights) and until 1346 (the death of Villencuve). ================== 23-05-1865 Kardamena under Ottoman Government when the turks had greece under their command, the local people of kardamena send a letter to Kaimakami Ali Mbei to let them move from the old kardamena to the new area (kardamena ,as it is now), a thing that Kaimakami Ali Mbei did not approve. The year 1875 since 1885 they start building houses near the sea, and slowly slowly built the new Kardamena. ================== 04-10-1943 WWII Sadness is everywhere in kardamena,after the german troops bombed and kill 9 locals in the middle of the WWII. In the square of the village is a stature in memory of those who died. ================== 01-01-1999 MUNICIPALITY OF HERACLEIDON It consisted from the former communities of Antimahia, Kefalos, Kardamena and Mastihari. ================== 460 BC Hippocratic Oath Historians accept that Hippocrates was born around the year 460 BC on the Greek island of Kos (Cos),and became a famous physician and teacher of medicine.The Hippocratic Oath, a seminal document on the ethics of medical practice, was attributed to Hippocrates in antiquity.This is probably the most famous document of the Hippocratic Corpus.Such derivatives are regularly taken today by medical graduates about to enter medical practice. Hippocratic Oath I swear by Apollo the physician and Aesculapius, and Health, and All-heal, and all the gods and goddesses, that, according to my ability and judgement, I will keep this Oath and this stipulation. To reckon him who taught me this Art equally dear to me as my parents, to share my substance with him, and relieve his necessities if required; to look upon his offspring in the same footing as my own brothers, and to teach them this art, if they shall wish to learn it, without fee or stipulation; and that by precept, lecture, and every other mode of instruction, I will impart a knowledge of the Art to my own sons, and those of my teachers, and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath according to the law of medicine, but to none others.I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgement, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.With purity and with holiness I will pass my life and practice my Art. I will not cut persons labouring under the stone, but will leave this to be done by men who are practitioners of this work. Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption; and, further, from the seduction of females or males, of freemen and slaves.Whatever, in connection with my professional service, or not in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret.While I continue to keep this Oath unviolated, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the art, respected by all men, in all times. But should I trespass and violate this Oath, may the reverse be my lot. Powered By: