Cephisis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Euzennat Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M. Euzennat Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Sep 08, 2025 03:39 PM
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History
An ancient body of water, mentioned by Scylax and Pliny the Elder (who terms it a "lacus"), bordering the Atlantic coast in what is now northwest Morocco. Some modern scholars believe it should be associated with the modern Oued Tahadart/Oued Khobs near El Khaoucha.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/275613
35.6046892418, -5.9544297479
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM location of Oued Tahaddart (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Less than certain: lacus Cephisis (Cephisis lacus: Latin, 550 BC - AD 300)
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lake
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 28 C2 Cephisis? L.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Oued Tahadart/Oued Khobs
M. Euzennat, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Cephisis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/275613> [accessed: 21 May 2026]
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