Ortygia (island)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jul 15, 2024 04:50 PM
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History
A coastal island of Sicily that became the center of ancient Syracuse.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462402
37.060712724, 15.2944738886
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: modern Isola di Ortigia (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Isola Ortigia (Italian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Ὀρτυγία (Ortygia: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- None
- Arethusae Fons located on Ortygia (island) (unspecified date range)
island
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 G4 Ortygia Ins.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ortygia (Siracusa)
R.J.A. Wilson, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Ortygia (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462402> [accessed: 03 December 2024]
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