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Borysthénēs

a Pleiades name resource

Creators: David Braund

Contributors: R. Talbert, Diane Braund, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Tom Elliott

Last modified Feb 28, 2024 11:51 PM — History

Romanized Name(s):
Borysthénēs

Name as attested:

Βορυσθένης

Language:
Greek (ancient)

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Archaic (Greco-Roman; 750-550 BCE/BC) (confident)
Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC) (confident)
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC) (confident)
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)
Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 23 E2 Borysthenes/Olbia

Details: