Antissa
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Aug 28, 2019 07:21 PM
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History
An ancient settlement on a promontory on the island of Lesbos sometimes referred to as "Ovriokastro". Antissa was destroyed by Roman forces in 166 BCE. The visible archaeological remains derive mostly from a later Genoese fortress.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550435
39.29138858, 26.0189580444
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM Location of Άντισσα (750 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ἄντισσα (Antissa: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - 30 BC)
- Antissa (Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Ovriokastro (Modern Greek)
- Antissa part of (physical/topographic) Lesbos (island) (unspecified date range)
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settlement
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 C3 Antissa
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Skalokhori/Obriokastro, on Lesbos GRE
C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Antissa: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550435> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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