According
to Pausanias in Amfissa there were two memorable graves of Amfissa and of
Andraimona. However he does not mention any details about them. The only
grave that is extant today is known as Likotripa and is in the east part of the
city at the foot of mountain Kofinas. It is a monument of ancientest era, of
gross art. Along with the cyclopean walls of the Castle it constitutes one of the most ancient manufactures of
Amfissa. It is a natural rock, conoid and elegant, that constituted a cave, and
was shaped to be used as monument of a meaning person. The door is wide and
tall. In the depth of the interior there is a carved urn that was used as a
grave. The monument dates back to the Mycenean era, when the graves of the
kings and sovereigns were manufactured outside the walls of cities. According
to the sightseer Bisson, the local tradition reports that Likotripa was the
grave of the Egyptian Fokou, who gave his name to Fokida. Sathas reports that
there were other graves but they were destroyed by the residents of Amfissa in
order to use their stones. One of them, the most profound, was saved because it
was considered to be holy by the Turks. According to their tradition, a Muslim
saint that was tortured by insects, having bread and water found refugee in
Likotripa, and died when his supplies were finished. The Turks in order to
honour him lit a small oil lamp every night. This is why the monument was
saved.
