Olynthos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.N. Borza
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors:
Jeremiah Bartlett, Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, Adam Rabinowitz, R. Talbert, Michelle Willoughby, Johan Åhlfeldt
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Jun 07, 2018 04:52 PM
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History
Olynthos was an ancient city of the Chalcidice, founded in the seventh century B.C. and destroyed in 348 B.C. by the forces of Philip II of Macedon.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/491678
40.29464475, 23.3524935
- DARMC location 24145 (750 BC - 330 BC)
- DARE Location (750 BC - 330 BC)
- House of Many Colors (550 BC - 330 BC)
- House A VII 4 (550 BC - 330 BC)
- None
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None
settlement, villa, townhouse
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 50 D4 Olynthos
- Cahill 2002
- New Pauly, Olynthus
- PECS (Perseus), OLYNTHOS Chalkidike, Greece
- Perseus site catalog: Olynthus (Site)
- RE Olynthos
- Robinson, D. M. et al. 1929-52. Excavations at Olynthos. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press
- Stoa.org, Household and City Organization at Olynthus
- ToposText Olynthos (Halkidiki)
- Wace 1914/1915, 11-15
- Wikipedia (English) Olynthus
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 50 D4 Olynthos
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Nea Olynthos.
David Moore Robinson of Johns Hopkins University conducted twentieth century (1928-1934) excavations that brought the archaeological site to light and published a multi-volume series of archaeological reports. Nicholas Cahill carried out extensive work on the organization of the city and its domestic architecture.
E.N. Borza, Jeremiah Bartlett, Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, Adam Rabinowitz, R. Talbert, Michelle Willoughby, and Johan Åhlfeldt, 'Olynthos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/491678> [accessed: 14 December 2018]
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