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Epipolai

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: R.J.A. Wilson

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Michael Heubel, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott

Last modified Sep 28, 2022 09:04 PM — History

A substantial plateau that is roughly triangular in shape and extends to the north and west of Syracuse.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462198

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.0936668296, 15.275252689

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- NPauly Map Label Location (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ἐπιπολαί (Epipolai: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)

Epipolai makes connections with:

Epipolai connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)

Epipolai receives connections from:

Euryelos bounds Epipolai (550 BC - 330 BC)

Place type:
plain, plateau

References:

See Further:

See Also:

PECS (Perseus), SYRACUSE (Siracusa) Sicily

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 G4 Epipolai

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: plateau NW Siracusa

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Suggested citation:
R.J.A. Wilson, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Michael Heubel, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, and Tom Elliott, 'Epipolai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462198> [accessed: 29 April 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462198 |title=Places: 462198 (Epipolai) |author=Wilson, R. |accessdate=April 29, 2025 5:15 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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