Himeras (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Dec 15, 2020 12:53 PM
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History
Himeras fl. (modern Salso or Imera Meridionale) is a river of Sicily. Two ancient rivers named Himeras cause some confusion, as one (modern Fiume Grande) flowed south to north emptying into the Tyrrhenian Sea while the other flowed north to south, emptying into the Gulf of Gela.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462246
37.1005387, 13.9471878
- Representative Locations:
- location of Himeras fl. (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Fiume Salso (Italian, modern)
- Himeras (550 BC - AD 300)
- Himeras (river) connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
- La Muculufa (Butera) located near Himeras (river) (unspecified date range)
- Phalarium connection Himeras (river) (unspecified date range)
river, drainage
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 D4 Himeras fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Salso
R.J.A. Wilson, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Himeras (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462246> [accessed: 13 September 2024]
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