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Hieron (river)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: S.L. Dyson

Contributors: R. Talbert, Stefano Costa, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Feb 12, 2024 07:29 PM — History

The Hieron river, attested in ancient sources, is thought by scholars to correspond to the modern Fiumborbo, a river in eastern Corsica that empties into the Tyrrhenian Sea.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/472073

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
42.0595048248, 9.29504048009

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM location of U Fium'Orbu (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Hieron (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
Associated Modern Names:
- Less than certain: Fiumorbo (French, AD 1900 - AD 2099)

Hieron (river) makes connections with:

Hieron (river) located on Corsica/Kyrnos (island) (unspecified date range)
Hieron (river) flows into Tyrrhenum/Inferum Mare (unspecified date range)

Hieron (river) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
river, drainage

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 48 D3 Hieron? fl.

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Fiumorbo

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Suggested citation:
S.L. Dyson, R. Talbert, Stefano Costa, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Hieron (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/472073> [accessed: 19 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/472073 |title=Places: 472073 (Hieron (river)) |author=Dyson, S. |accessdate=April 19, 2024 9:41 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Hieron (river)