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Eridanus

a Pleiades name resource

Creators: M. Pearce, R. Peretto, P. Tozzi
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Last modified Mar 13, 2016 05:00 PM — History

Eridanus

Eridanus

Latin

geographic name

accurate

complete

Certain

  • Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC) (confident)
  • Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)
  • Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640) (confident)

Evidence:

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 40 A2 Padus/Eridanus fl.

Pliny the Elder remarks that the Greeks employed this toponym.