Eresos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Contributors:
DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, R. Talbert
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Last modified
Feb 01, 2024 07:08 PM
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History
An ancient settlement on the island of Lesbos (modern Skala Eresou), reputed birthplace of the poet Sappho. Strabo describes it as being built on a hill (presumably the modern Vigla) and extending down to the sea.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550533
39.133148, 25.935414
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location of peak of Vigla hill (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Ἔρεσος (Eresos: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Σκάλα Ερεσού (Skala Eresou: Modern Greek, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Eresos located on Lesbos (island) (unspecified date range)
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settlement, hill
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 B3 Eresos
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Skala, on Lesbos GRE
C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, and R. Talbert, 'Eresos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550533> [accessed: 18 December 2024]
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