Methone (Thracian)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.N. Borza
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, G. Reger, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Jul 10, 2022 10:39 AM
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History
The so-called Thracian (or Macedonian) Methone is an unlocated settlement attested by ancient sources. Modern scholars suggest Moustheni as a possible identification.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501518
40.864999, 24.1129005
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: Geonames location of modern Mousthéni (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 3028 (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
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- Methone (30 BC - AD 300)
- None
- Untitled located near Methone (Thracian) (unspecified date range)
settlement, settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 51 C3 Methone
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Moustheni?
E.N. Borza, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, G. Reger, and Tom Elliott, 'Methone (Thracian): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501518> [accessed: 03 February 2025]
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