Adjoining the Basilica of Hagios Demetrios is a small museum whose exhibits are far older than Mystras.



A legend in the "Alexander romance" has Alexander the Great, wishing to see the whole world from above. To do this he harnessed two large birds or griffins with a seat for him between them. To entice them to keep flying higher he placed meat (some say "roasted puppies") on two skewers which he held above their heads.