Pharus (island)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Šašel Kos, P. Kos Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M. Šašel Kos, P. Kos Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Sep 23, 2026 10:39 AM
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History
Pharus Ins. (Hvar, Croatia) is an island in the Adriatic Sea. The island has evidence of human occupation beginning in the Neolithic period. Greek settlers occupied the island ca. 390 BCE.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/197434
43.1652359579, 16.7210561243
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Hvar (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ins. Faria (Insula Faria: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Pharus (550 BC - AD 640)
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- Otok Hvar (Croatian, modern)
- Pharus (island) connection (H)Adriaticum/Superum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Argyruntum connection Pharus (island) (unspecified date range)
- Herakleia located at Pharus (island) (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Kupinovik Roman Villa located on Pharus (island) (unspecified date range)
- Pharus connection Pharus (island) (unspecified date range)
- Stari Grad Plain located at Pharus (island) (unspecified date range)
island
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 20 D6 Pharus Ins.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: island
M. Šašel Kos, P. Kos, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Pharus (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/197434> [accessed: 10 October 2026]
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