Omphake
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).
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Dec 20, 2022 07:34 PM
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History
Omphake was an ancient Sikanian center that came into conflict with the Greek colony of Gela. It is probably to be identified with modern Butera on the island of Sicily.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462399
37.19006655, 14.18321695
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM location of modern Butera, Sicily (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Representative Locations:
- Less than certain: DARMC location 18714 (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Ὀμφάκη (Omphákē: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 300)
- Omphake part of (physical/topographic) Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
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settlement, settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 E4 Omphake?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Butera
R.J.A. Wilson, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Omphake: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462399> [accessed: 17 January 2025]
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