Lychnidos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt
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Last modified
Jun 07, 2018 05:06 PM
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History
Lychnidos (modern Ohrid, Macedonia) is an ancient city listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 and 1980 for both its cultural and natural heritage.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/481900
41.114136, 20.7964495
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 24685 (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Lychnidos connection Via Egnatia (unspecified date range)
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settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 49 C2 Lychnidos
- Malch. Excerpt. p. 250, ed. Bonn
- Niceph. Callist. 17.3
- Plb. 34.12
- Procop. Hist. Arc. 18
- Ptol. 3.13.32
- Smith 1854 (Perseus), LYCHNIDUS
- TIR Naissus 81-82
- ToposText Lychnidos (FYRoM)
- Trismegistos GEO ID 12159
- UNESCO World Heritage List, Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region
- Wikipedia (English) Ohrid
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 49 C2 Lychnidos
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ohrid MAC
J.J. Wilkes, Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, and Johan Åhlfeldt, 'Lychnidos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/481900> [accessed: 19 April 2024]
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