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Hyctanis (river)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified May 17, 2024 10:01 PM — History

A river in Carmania mentioned by both Pliny and Strabo.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/202157292

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
27.5, 57.5

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Hyctanis (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Hyctanis (river) makes connections with:

Hyctanis (river) part of (regional) Carmania (unspecified date range)

Hyctanis (river) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, river, drainage

References:

Evidence:

Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 6.98.2

See Further:

Smith 1854 (Perseus), HYTANIS

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Hyctanis (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/202157292> [accessed: 17 December 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/202157292 |title=Places: 202157292 (Hyctanis (river)) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=December 17, 2024 8:59 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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