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Thourion

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Brady Kiesling

Last modified Jul 02, 2024 11:58 AM — History

A hill in Boeotia located to the west of Chaeronea, Thourion is described by both Plutarch and Pausanias. The discovery of an inscribed trophy monument connected to the military campaigns of Lucius Cornelius Sulla in 86 BCE led to the identification of the site.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/487031708

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.499, 22.824

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Representative Locations:
- ToposText location of Thourion (Boeotia) (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Θούριον (Thourion: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

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Thourion receives connections from:

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Place type:
hill

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Evidence:

Paus. (Spiro: Perseus) 9.40.7

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Brady Kiesling, 'Thourion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/487031708> [accessed: 27 September 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/487031708 |title=Places: 487031708 (Thourion) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=September 27, 2024 7:27 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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