Herkte
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
Nov 01, 2024 09:58 AM
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History
Now unlocated, Herkte is described by Polybius as a fortified place in coastal Sicily between Eryx and Palermo.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/465912
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (330 BC - 30 BC)
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- Εἱρκτῆ (Herkte: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)
- Herkte part of (physical/topographic) Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
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None
unlocated, fort, tower (deprecated)
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 Herkte
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: fort in W Sicily, apparently near Palermo and/or Ietas (unless confused with Heirkte)
R.J.A. Wilson, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Herkte: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/465912> [accessed: 26 March 2025]
{{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/465912 |title=Places: 465912 (Herkte) |author=Wilson, R. |accessdate=March 26, 2025 8:07 am |publisher=Pleiades}}
