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Erythrai

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Chris de Lisle, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, Greta Hawes, Ryan Horne, Phoebe Acheson

Last modified Oct 02, 2024 03:26 PM — History

tags: dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement, Kybele, dare:ancient=1, Athena

Erythrai was one of the twelve Ionian cities of Asia Minor. It is located on a small peninsula that extends into the Bay of Erythrae.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550535

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.382778, 26.480833

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ἐρυθραί (Erythrai: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 640)

Erythrai makes connections with:

Erythrai part of (administrative) Asia (Roman province) (330 BC - AD 300)
Erythrai part of (administrative) Attalid kingdom (330 BC - 30 BC)
Erythrai member of Delian League (550 BC - 330 BC)
Erythrai part of (regional) Ionia (region) (unspecified date range)
Erythrai part of (administrative) Ionian League (unspecified date range)
Erythrai part of (administrative) Lydia (Kingdom) (550 BC - 330 BC)
Erythrai part of (administrative) Ptolemaic Kingdom (330 BC - 30 BC)
Erythrai part of (administrative) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)

Erythrai receives connections from:

Temple of Athena Polias located at Erythrai (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement, port

References:

Evidence:

Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 14.1.31

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Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 C5 Erythrai

Details:

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Suggested citation:
C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Chris de Lisle, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, Greta Hawes, Ryan Horne, and Phoebe Acheson, 'Erythrai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550535> [accessed: 21 November 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550535 |title=Places: 550535 (Erythrai) |author=Foss, C., G. Reger, S. Mitchell |accessdate=November 21, 2024 3:56 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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