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Spathari (quarry)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Tom Elliott

Contributors: Brady Kiesling

Last modified Aug 16, 2022 07:24 PM — History

A limestone quarry located just south of the modern Acarnanian village of Lepenou with clear evidence of having been used as a source for the construction of the temple of Zeus and other monuments at nearby ancient Stratos.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/215815905

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.690602, 21.289298

Locations:

Central Point:
- Imagery location of quarry centerpoint (400 BC - 301 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

None

Spathari (quarry) makes connections with:

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Spathari (quarry) receives connections from:

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Place type:
quarry

References:

See Further:

Funke 2001 page 196

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Tom Elliott, and Brady Kiesling, 'Spathari (quarry): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/215815905> [accessed: 20 April 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/215815905 |title=Places: 215815905 (Spathari (quarry)) |author=Elliott, T. |accessdate=April 20, 2025 12:46 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Spathari (quarry)