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Helorus

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: R.J.A. Wilson

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jonathan Prag, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Aug 21, 2016 01:19 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:feature=settlement, dare:major=0

An ancient settlement of Sicily that was likely a colonial foundation of Syracuse.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462234

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.84147655, 15.10736185

Locations:

DARMC location 18028 (750 BC - AD 640)
OSM location of the archeological site of Eloro (550 BC - AD 640)

Names:

Eloro (Italian, modern)
Helorum (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
Helorus (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
Ἕλωρος (Helorus: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 640)

Helorus makes connections with:

Helorus connection Helorus (river) (unspecified date range)
Helorus connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)

Helorus receives connections from:

None

Place type:
wall (of a city), city wall, settlement, cistern, agora, forum, plaza

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 G5 Helorus

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Eloro

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Suggested citation:
R.J.A. Wilson, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jonathan Prag, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Helorus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2016 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462234> [accessed: 21 November 2018]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462234 |title=Places: 462234 (Helorus) |author=Wilson, R. |accessdate=November 21, 2018 11:11 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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