‘Argoos Limen’
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.V. Harris
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jun 01, 2026 07:42 PM
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History
A port on the island of Ilva (modern Elba), so named based on the resting place of the Argonauts, according to Strabo.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/403180
42.8168005, 10.3280985
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 6944 (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 5300 (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Argoos Limen (750 BC - AD 300)
- Portoferraio (Italian, modern)
- λιμὴν Ἀργῷος (limḕn Argôios: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- ‘Argoos Limen’ connection Ilva/Aethalia (island) (unspecified date range)
- Villa romana delle Grotte connection ‘Argoos Limen’ (unspecified date range)
settlement, port
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 41 C4 ‘Argoos Limen’
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Portoferraio
W.V. Harris, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, and Tom Elliott, '‘Argoos Limen’: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/403180> [accessed: 08 June 2026]
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