Antimachia

Antimahia ( other Greek: Ἀντιμαχία or other Greek: Ἀντιμαχέια ) is an ancient ruined city on the island of Kos in Greece . ^{[1] It} was located on the coast of the Aegean Sea (according to other sources - in the central part of the island) and at different times was the capital of the ancient Greek demons Aigelos ^[2] and Archia . ^[3] In the city there was a culture of Hercules , the priest of which, when making the sacrifice, wore a woman’s dress ^[1] , which, according to Plutarch's “ Greek Issues ”, is associated with one of the ancient Greek legends:

Hercules, having sailed from Troy in six ships, fell into a storm and lost them all but one. On this remaining, he was brought to Kos and thrown to Cape Lacketer. Hercules had nothing but people and weapons; and, having met a flock of sheep, he asked the shepherd for one ram. This shepherd named Antagor was in his prime and invited Hercules to fight him: if Hercules wins, then he will get a ram. And they met hand to hand; and since the merops came to the aid of Antagor, and the Hellenes came to Heracles, the fight came out fierce. Here, they say, Hercules, exhausted alone against many, fled to some frat woman and disappeared, dressed in a woman’s dress. And when then, having mastered the merops and cleansed of the killings, he took Halkiopa as a wife, then at the wedding he was dressed in a colorful female dress. That’s why the priest performs the ceremony at the place where the battle was, and the grooms accept their brides dressed up in a woman’s dress.

The ruins of Antimachia are located near the modern city of Andimachia . ^{[4] [5]}