Cirra was a small, but beautiful village that was destroyed by Xena's army. It was the hometown of Callisto. The destruction of Cirra caused Callisto to become a mad warrior bent on destruction and revenge.
When Xena needed Callisto's help to defeat Velasca, Callisto's condition was that Xena make a public statement of her guilt with respect to Cirra's destruction. (XWP "A Necessary Evil")
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Callisto talking with her parents in Cirra
Young Callisto is seeing Cirra burn by Xena's army
Arleia in the burning house in Cirra
Pankos on the streets of Cirra
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Appearances[]
Xena: Warrior Princess[]
- "Callisto" (mentioned)
- "Destiny"
- "A Necessary Evil" (mentioned)
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys[]
Background Information[]
Kirra or Cirrha (Greek: Κίρρα) is a village in Phocis, Central Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Itea, to which it is adjacent. Kirra is the point where the Pleistos river, starting at the Castalian Spring near Delphi, meets the Gulf of Corinth.
In Mythology...
- Cirrha (Kirra) was a nymph from whom the town of Cirrha in Phocis was believed to have derived its name.
- Kirra is another name for the nymph Adrasteia. At Cirrha, the port that served Delphi, Pausanias noted "a temple of Apollo, Artemis and Leto, with very large images of Attica workmanship. Adrasteia has been set up by the Cirrhaeans in the same place, but she is not so large as the other images. She was sometimes called "/Nemesis_(mythology)", probably meaning "one from whom there is no escape": her epithet Erinys ("implacable") is specially applied to Demeter and the Phrygian mother goddess, Cybele.