Last Week in Pleiades (20-27 October 2025)
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Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 20 new and 76 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Sean Manning, and R. Scott Smith.
A terrain map with orange markers for updates and pink circles for new place resources. The map covers the area from central Europe in the north to southern Africa and from the Strait of Gibraltar in the west to the Strait of Hormuz.
New Place Resources
- Chryssi-Gaidouronisi
The archaeological remains of a small Minoan settlement of approximately 12-20 houses on the island of Chryssi. Evidence for murex processing was discovered during excavations conducted in 2008.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Catherine Bouras
Published by: Tom Elliott - EC building (Athens)
A pillared hall of the fourth century that was a site of Early Christian burials.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Published by: Tom Elliott - Euripides cave
Tradition connected the so-called "Euripides cave" on Salamis with the tragedian, based at least in part on claims made by Aulus Gellius.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Published by: Tom Elliott - Hiera Orgas
The Hiera Orgas or ‘sacred meadow’ was a tract of land sacred to Demeter and Persephone. It featured in at least two conflicts between Athens and Megara. It was likely located to the north of the Iapis River on the Megarian side of the Athens-Megara border.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle
Published by: Tom Elliott - Ilissos Basilica
An early Christian basilica on the Ilissos River in Athens that may date to the fifth century.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Published by: Tom Elliott - Kanakia
The Mycenaean acropolis of Kanakia is located on the island of Salamis.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Published by: Tom Elliott - Leontis
Leontis was a phyle (tribe) of Ancient Attica.
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Limpopo River
The Limpopo River in southern Africa flows some 1,750 km and drains more than 415,000 square kilometers. It flows eastward from South Africa, through Mozambique, and drains into the Indian Ocean.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Makri St. peristyle
Remains of a Hellenistic stoa initially identified via salvage excavation in the 1960s and further explored ca. 2012. J. Travlos identified the remains as those of the Palladion court.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Catherine Bouras, Brady Kiesling
Published by: Tom Elliott - Makrygiannis domus
Remains of a substantial townhouse (or villa) dating to the fourth and fifth centuries CE.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Published by: Tom Elliott - Mapungubwe National Park
The Mapungubwe National Park is a protected area that forms part of the cultural landscape, including parts of the former polity known as the Kingdom of Mapungubwe, which was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Mygdaleza basilica
The remains of an Early Christian basilica dating to the fifth and sixth centuries.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle
Published by: Tom Elliott - Panathenaic Way
The Panathenaic Way was the primary processional street of ancient Athens. It led from the area of the Dipylon Gate to the Acropolis by way of the Agora. The formal festival of the Panathenaic games was instituted by 566 BCE.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Published by: Tom Elliott - Pandionis
Pandionis was a phyle of ancient Attica that included at least eleven demes. It derived its name from the figure Pandion, a name borne by two legendary kings of Athens.
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Prison of Sokrates
The so-called "Prison of Sokrates" refers to a series of ancient rock-cut chambers on the Mouseion/Philopappos hill in Athens. The actual function of the site is undetermined.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Published by: Tom Elliott - Ruins of Gedi
Extensive ruins of a medieval Swahili coastal town at modern Gedi in Kenya's Kilifi District. The earliest evidence for occupation dates to not earlier than the 11th century CE. The site was abandoned by the mid-17th century. The Ruins of Gedi are a designated national monument of Kenya and were added to the World Heritage Site list in 2024.
Creators: Tom Elliott
Published by: Jeffrey Becker - Salamis sea-fight tumulus (Salamis)
The so-called Salamis sea-fight tumulus includes the remains of an ancient tumulus and burials of the Classical period.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Published by: Tom Elliott - Shrine of Dionysos
A rural shrine sacred to Dionysos located at Peristeria, Salamina in Salamis, Attica. The shrine is in the vicinity of the so-called "Cave of Euripides".
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Published by: Tom Elliott - Tang-e Bolaghi
A valley of the Pulvar River near Pasargadai in Fars/Persis, Iran. Rescue excavations before the completion of Sivand Dam revealed settlements and cemeteries from 5000 BCE to the Sassanian period, including the first rural site from the Achaemenid period to be excavated in Iran.
Creators: Sean Manning
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Windmill Hill (Athens)
A now-disappeared terrace wall and rock cuttings were thought to be the remains of an ancient sanctuary of uncertain identity.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Published by: Tom Elliott
Updated Place Resources
- Ag. Paraskevi
The fort of Aghia Paraskevi is located on the western slopes of Mount Zastani, according to Ober. This ridge of the Makron Oros looks out over the plain of Oropos.
Modifications: Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Ag. Paraskevi
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 F3 Ag. Paraskevi
Modifications: Added topostext Ag. Paraskevi site (Euboea). Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: J Fossey, J Morin
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, G Reger, Tom Elliott - Aigai(ai)/Aegeae
Aigai(ai)/Aegeae (modern Yumurtalık, Turkey) is an ancient city in Cilicia.
Modifications: Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: T Sinclair, P-L Gatier
Contributors: M Ballance, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R Warner, Richard Talbert - Aigaleos
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B2 Aigaleos
Modifications: Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Amphiareion
The Amphiareion of Oropos was an ancient sanctuary dedicated in the fifth century BCE to the hero Amphiaraos and located in the hills southeast of the port of Oropos.
Modifications: Updated RE Amphiareion (Erich Bethe), add MANTO. Added batlas ref.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: J Fossey, J Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Richard Talbert, G Reger, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Ryan M. Horne, Chris de Lisle - Anakaia?
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C2 Anakaia?
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Anaphlystos Limen
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C4 Anaphlystos Limen
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Angele
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C3 Angele
Modifications: Updated references. Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Aphidna
A large Attic deme, located on the Gulf of Kotroni.
Modifications: Ober 1987. Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, Richard Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes - Aphrodisias/Politice Orgas
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 56 unlocated Aphrodisias/Politice Orgas
Modifications: IK 50 166-67.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: C Foss, G Reger, S Mitchell
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Artemis Tauropolos temple
Near Artemida/Loutsa in modern Attiki, the archaeological remains of a temple in the Doric order were first identified in 1956. Excavators identified the sanctuary as belonging to Artemis Tauropolos. The compilers of the Barrington Atlas, in keeping with the discussion offered in PECS by C.W.J. Eliot, associate the temple site with the deme of Halai Araphenides.
Modifications: Updated references. Changed type to = label (map, atlas, gazetteer), add batlas reference. Modified summary by Jeffrey Becker. Created new location. Created darmc citation to preserve project linkage after DARMC location was withdrawn. Created new connection.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Attica
Historical region of Greece, centered on the Attic peninsula.
Modifications: Added topostext.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Pierre Motylewicz, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, Richard Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes - Azenia?
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B2 Azenia?
Modifications: Updated references. Added TM GEO ID 60687: Azenia.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Basilica of Campanopetra
The ruins of a three-aisled basilica of the sixth century CE located at Salamis in Cyprus.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance. Added wikidata Basilica of Campanopetra (Q123249426).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Belbina (island)
A small island in the Saronic Gulf, some 10 miles from the promontory of Sounion.
Modifications: TM GEO ID 60745: Belbina (Hagios Georgios). Updated RE Belbina 1 (Eugen Oberhummer).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: G Reger, J McK Camp II
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Arthur De Graauw, Tom Elliott - Beletsi
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C2 Beletsi
Modifications: Modified place type = fort; tM GEO ID 60785: Beletsi, Ober 1985 update, add topostext, add Ober 1987. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Chogha Mish
The Chalcolithic settlement site of Chogha Mish, also known as Tappeh-ye Choghā Mīsh, dates originally to the early seventh millennium BCE and is located on the Susiana Plain of western Iran. The site was occupied continuously from the Neolithic period to the Proto-Literate period. It was eventually eclipsed by nearby Susa, but BAtlDir maintains its occupation through at least the end of the early Roman imperial period, and possibly later.
Modifications: Modified summary after BAtlDir; edited Tom Elliott. Created new name.
Modified and published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Creators: A Hausleiter, M Roaf, St J Simpson, R Wenke
Contributors: P Flensted Jensen, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Richard Talbert, Rune Rattenborg - Crossroads Enclosure
A square sacred enclosure in the northwest corner of the Agora, in front of the Stoa Basileios at the meeting point of the west road and the Panathenaic Way. It was built ca. 430 BC around a sacred rock. It was gradually obscured by the rising ground levels and built over in the 3rd century AD.
Modifications: Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling - Dekeleia
Dekeleia was an inland deme of the tribe Hippothontis, in Attica, located 120 stades from Athens. In myth, Dekeleia ceded its autonomy under Theseus to form the city-state of Athens.
Modifications: Edited. Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Dipylon Gate
The Dipylon Gate was the sole double gate in Athens, erected next to the Holy Gate, near the Kerameikos.
Modifications: Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: Tyler Blackburn, Jonathan Tallmer, Rachel Holcomb, Davis Emery
Contributors: Rachel Holcomb, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Davis Emery, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies - Echelidai
An ancient Athenian deme that is now unlocated, Echelidai took its name from the hero Echelus.
Modifications: Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Elaious?
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B2 Elaious?
Modifications: Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Eleusis
Eleusis, located some 22 km west of Athens, was the site of the cult of Demeter and the sanctuary where the Eleusinian Mysteries were celebrated from the Bronze Age to the Roman Imperial period. It was a coastal deme of the Hippothontis tribe and the site of a military garrison in the Classical and Hellenistic periods.
Modifications: Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, Richard Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Chris de Lisle - Eleutherai
A city of northern Attika at the boundary of Boeotia, Eleutherai is one of the best preserved ancient fortresses in Attica.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: J Fossey, J Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, G Reger, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes - Erasinos (river)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C3 Erasinos fl.
Modifications: Added topostext, tm geo id, update RE entry with author information. Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Euboicus Sinus
The Gulf of Euboea is an arm of the Aegean Sea.
Modifications: Added wikidata Gulf of Euboea (Q1536322). Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Perry Scalfano, Tom Elliott - Fibrenus (river)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 E2 Fibrenus fl.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance. Added wikidata Fibreno (Q613818).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: N Purcell
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Geravouno
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B2 Geravouno
Modifications: Added topostext. Added TM GEO ID 60781: Gerabouno. Created new name. Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Graes
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 unlocated Graes
Modifications: Edited. Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Hekale?
Hekale was a deme of ancient Attica, likely situated in the plain of Marathon. It derived its name from Hecale, an old woman who aided Theseus in his hunt for the Marathonian bull and whom the hero subsequently honored.
Modifications: Edited. Added Greta Hawes R. Scott Smith. Created new name. Modified summary; updated Connections by Jeffrey Becker. Added Greek name; reference by Jeffrey Becker. Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, R. Scott Smith
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Richard Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes - Hestiaia?
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C2 Hestiaia?
Modifications: Added RE Hestiaia 2 (Walther Kolbe), wikidata, wikipedia, topostext, tm geo id.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Hippothontis
Hippothontis was one of the tribes (phylai) of classical Athens created during the reforms of Cleisthenes.
Modifications: J.S. Traill = creator based on BAtlaa Map 59 - see BAtl Directory p. 904 ff.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker - Hybadai/Aithalidai
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 unlocated Hybadai/Aithalidai
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Ionidai?
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C2 Ionidai?
Modifications: Updated references. TM GEO ID 58195: Ionidai (Draphi).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Kalo Pegadi (bridge)
On Hiera Hodos at Kopros.
Modifications: Created new connection. Modified title, modified summary after BAtlDir Tom Elliott.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Kantharos Limen
Kantharos Limen was the largest harbor area of the Piraeus.
Modifications: Wikidata Q29626000.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Kastraki
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C2 Kastraki
Modifications: Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott - Katsimidi
J. Ober indicates that Katsimidi was a fortified site that occupied a steep hill on the west side of the Klidi pass, some 7 km north of the town of Barimpompi.
Modifications: Ober 1987. Modified summary following Ober 1987. Created new location. Created darmc citation to preserve project linkage after DARMC location was withdrawn. Created new name.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Keiriadai
Keiriadai was a deme of ancient Attica, assigned to the phyle Hippothontis. It was located outside of the Themistoclean walls, to the west of the Hill of the Nymphs.
Modifications: Modified summary. Updated references. Created new connection. Created new name. Added batlas reference by Jeffrey Becker.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Kenan Tepe
Ancient site on the Tigris river in Turkey
Modifications: Created new location.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: Francis Deblauwe
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott - Koile
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B3 Koile
Modifications: Edited. Updated new pauly reference. Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Konthyle
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C3 Konthyle
Modifications: Updated new pauly reference. Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Kopros
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B2 Kopros
Modifications: Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Korydallos
An Attic asty deme of the Hippothontis phyle.
Modifications: Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Kropidai
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B2 Kropidai
Modifications: Added tm geo id, wikipedia.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Kur/Araxes? (river)
The modern Kor/Kur river in Iran is possibly to be identified as the upper course of the ancient Araxes river in Koile Syria.
Modifications: Modified summary; cleaned up and linked RE reference; added Wikipedia and Wikidata references; added GeoNames reference via Wikidata Tom Elliott. Created new location. Created new name.
Modified by: Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: A Hausleiter, M Roaf, R Wenke
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, P Flensted Jensen, Wikidata contributors, Tom Elliott - Kydathenaion
Kydathenaion was the third largest deme of Attica, with only Acharnae and Aphidna being larger. It was located within the city walls of Athens and perhaps included the Acropolis and the Areopagus as well.
Modifications: Created new connection. Updated references, modified summary; tM GEO ID 3591: Kydathenaion by Jeffrey Becker.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Kytherros
A deme of Attica located near Pousi Kaloyerou.
Modifications: Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes - Leipsydrion
Leipsydrion is the site of an ancient fortification dated to the fourth century BCE. The fort was located on the Korakofoleza hill (580 m.) on Mt. Parnitha, Attiki.
Modifications: Modified summary by Jeffrey Becker. Created new location. Created darmc citation to preserve project linkage after DARMC location was withdrawn. Added Hdt. reference by Jeffrey Becker. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Limiko (Attica)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B2 Limiko
Modifications: Created new name. Created new location. Created darmc citation to preserve project linkage after DARMC location was withdrawn.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Limiko Kapsalon dragon house
An ancient megalithic structure at Limiko Kapsalon, Greece.
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling - Limnai
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 unlocated Limnai
Modifications: Greek name, Strabo; by Jeffrey Becker.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: G Reger, J McK Camp II
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Mouseion Hill
A hill located near the acropolis of Athens. Pausanias discusses fortifications in the Hellenistic period; later the Philopappos Monument was built at the summit.
Modifications: Added manto 10833965: the Mouseion (Athens).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Ryan M. Horne
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott - Oinoe
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 C2 Oinoe
Modifications: Changed type, add batlas reference. Added nomisma.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: C Foss, G Reger
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott - Oinoe
An ancient settlement, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: G Reger, J McK Camp II
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Oinoe (Marathon)
Attic paralia deme of the phyle of Aiantis.
Modifications: Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Paiania Kathyperthen
Paiania was an inland deme of the tribe Pandionis, in Attica. The epithet "Kathyperthen" (Upper) distinguished it from nearby Lower Paiania, but the two formed a single entity for many purposes.
Modifications: Added Harp. ΠΑΙΑΝΙΕΙΣ.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Pambotadai
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 unlocated Pambotadai
Modifications: Edited. Greek name, Harp. ref. by Jeffrey Becker.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Panakton
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 unlocated Panakton
Modifications: Knoepfler 1997.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: J Fossey, J Morin
Contributors: Richard Talbert, G Reger, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Pergase Kathyperthen
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C2 Pergase Kathyperthen
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Phabra (island)
The island of Fleves in the Saronic Gulf.
Modifications: Updated references. Created new location. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Arthur De Graauw, Tom Elliott - Phyle
Phyle was an Attic fortress and deme located on the Boeotian frontier, some 120 stades from Athens.
Modifications: Greek name Φυλή as modified name attested, Strabo reference by Jeffrey Becker.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Catherine Bouras, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Probalinthos
An ancient deme of Athens in the plain of Marathon.
Modifications: Added modified place type = deme. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Pulvar/Araxes? (river)
The modern Pulvar/Sivand river in Iran is a tributary of the Kor river and flows near the site of Pasargadae and through the archaeologically significant Bolaghi Gorge. As such, it is possibly to be identified as the eastern upper course of the ancient Araxes.
Modifications: Edited. Created new connection. Modified summary; rE link; added author name to RE reference Tom Elliott. Created new location. Created new name.
Modified by: Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Creators: A Hausleiter, M Roaf, R Wenke
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, P Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Roman Double Stoa
A two-aisled Doric stoa ran along the south side of the Panathenaic Way from the Stoa Basileios towards the Dipylon Gate, which contained shops. It was constructed over a long period beginning in the early second century BC and repeatedly modified. The building was destroyed in the Herulian Sack of 267 AD, rebuilt, damaged in the Gothic Sack of 396 AD, rebuilt again, and was finally destroyed in the Slavic Sack of 582 AD.
Modifications: Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker - Sanctuary of Aphrodite Ourania
A sanctuary of Aphrodite Ourania ("Heavenly") in Athens, on the Panathenaic Way as it entered the Athenian Agora. It consisted of an altar built around 500 BC and a temple built in the early first century AD. The Late Roman Stoa was built over the top of it in the fifth century AD.
Modifications: Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Tom Elliott - Saronicus Sinus
The Saronic Gulf (also called the Gulf of Aegina) is a part of the Aegean Sea that delimits the eastern side of the isthmus of Corinth.
Modifications: Added TM GEO ID 14167: Saronikos Pontos. Updated GeoNames 254052: Saronic Gulf.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: G Reger, J McK Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, Perry Scalfano, Greta Hawes - Southeast Stoa
The Southeast Stoa lined the east side of the Panathenaic Way at the southeast corner of the Athenian Agora, between the Library of Pantainos and the City Eleusinion. It was built in the mid-second century AD and incorporated into the Post-Herulian Wall after 267 AD.
Modifications: Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker - Steiria
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 D3 Steiria
Modifications: Updated references add MANTO, wikidata, Paus., TM GEO ID 56503: Steiria, wikipedia (en), DARE. Added Greek name, Strabo ref. by Jeffrey Becker.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes - Temple of Athena Skiras on Salamis
This sanctuary, reported by Herodotus, is thought to have been located on the modern Cape Arapis in the northeast part of the island of Salamis, just north of the modern naval base. It is not to be confused with the Temple of Athena Skiras in Phaleron, reported by Pausanias.
Modifications: Reference. Submit for review. Publish externally.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Trikrana (island)
An ancient island mentioned by Pausanias, it can be identified with the modern Trikeri.
Modifications: Idai gaz 2362576: Trikeri. Leake 1830. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: G Reger, J McK Camp II
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott - Untitled
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C3 unnamed aqueduct (Athens from E)
Modifications: Cnxn. Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Varnava Tower
A square, stone tower known today as Varnava Tower (Ο πύργος του Βαρνάβα), located outside the modern village of Varnava in Greece.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Xypete
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B3 Xypete
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Zephyrion/Hadrianopolis
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 66 F3 Zephyrion/Hadrianopolis
Modifications: Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: S Mitchell
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, W Röllig, Tom Elliott, H Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa - Zernaki tepe
An ancient place in Van province, Turkey. It had a street grid, fortifications of mud brick on a polygonal masonry foundation, and at least 14 building inscriptions in Aramaic from the Parthian period. Professor Rafet Çavuşoğlu began a program of excavations in 2021, which appears to be unpublished as of October 2025.
Modifications: Added info from Hürriyet Daily News; cite Hürriyet Daily News; note head excavator for future inquiries; fortification and inscription categories (not sure about street grid); added New inscriptions unearthed at Zernaki Tepe reference to zotero and link established by Sean Manning and by Jeffrey Becker.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Manning
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: M Roaf, T Sinclair, SE Kroll, St J Simpson
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Manning, Tom Elliott