At the top of the hill of Eagle, at an altitude of 380 meters, the acropolis of the ancient city of Allakomenes was discovered in the 19th century. The dating of this city reported by Plutarch and Strabo is questionable, as others place it in the Odysseian era – like the famous Heinrich Schliemann who made his first excavation there – and others around the 8th century BC but most researchers converge on the view that it was the main postmodic-era city. The enormous boulders that form the remaining polygonal walls have given them the name “Cyclopean”.

In any case the Alalkomenes were an important settlement as they spread to about 400 acres and they have been found dwellings, tombs, tombstones and churches, bronze coins with the heads of the goddess Athena and Odysseus, exposed at the Archaeological Museum in Vathi, clay busts the goddess Artemis, which are located in the National Archaeological Museum and votive bronze pavilions.

In the area, a sanctuary identified with the sanctuary of Apollo, the findings of which stretch from Protogeometric (10th century BC) to the Hellenistic Era (3rd to 2nd centuries BC), was discovered by the British Archaeological School in the 1930’s.

Like many other ancient towns, the location of Alalkomenes is strategic as it has a view both to Kefalonia and Aitoloakarnania, which today makes the point an excellent walk that rewards not only with its archaeological interest but also with its natural beauty. Among other things, from Allakomenes is also the small island between Kefalonia and Ithaca, which today is called Daskalio and is the Homeric island of Asteri.