Sarpedon (promontory in Thrace)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.N. Borza
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, G. Reger, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Aug 15, 2025 01:42 PM
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History
Modern scholars locate the ancient Cape Sarpedon south of the mouth of the Hebros i.e., the modern Dragutina Burnu.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501602
40.640181, 26.061206
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Sarpedon Pr. (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Sarpedon Pr. (unspecified date range)
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- Cape Dragutina (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Dragutina Burnu (Turkish, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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cape, promontory, promuntory
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 51 G3 Sarpedon Pr.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: W end Saros Körfezi TKY
E.N. Borza, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, G. Reger, Greta Hawes, and Tom Elliott, 'Sarpedon (promontory in Thrace): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501602> [accessed: 09 February 2026]
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