House of the Earthquake, Kourion

This private house can be visited by going left up the city hill of Kourion, where the road curves towards the theatre. It was built in the late 1st or early 2nd century AD, then remodeled in the middle of the 4th century and shortly afterwards (July 21, 365) it was totally destroyed by a strong earthquake. The ruins of this house present a picture of everyday life in the city of Kourion at the time of the earthquake disaster. All the objects unearthed there are now exhibited in the local museum of Kourion, in Episkopi.

Death came in his sleep, which is also told in an exciting way. In the tablinum (dining room), archaeologists found the skeletons of a nuclear family, later called "Romeo and Juliet". The man (about 25 years) had tried in vain to protect his wife (about 19 years) and small child (maximum 1 1/2 years) from falling stones with his body in the "spoon position".

Source: Park information and Baedecker