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Daskylitis Limne

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: C. Foss

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Jan 31, 2020 03:23 PM — History

Also called "Aphnitis Limne" in antiquity, according to Strabo. Modern Lake Kuş/Lake Manyas in Turkey.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/511224

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.183333, 27.966667

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- location of Lake Kuş (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ἀφνίτις Λίμνη (Aphnitis Limne: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Δασκυλίτις Λίμνη (Daskylitis Limne: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Kuş Gölü (Turkish, modern)
- Lake Kuş (English, modern)
- Manyas Gölü (Turkish, modern)

Daskylitis Limne makes connections with:

Daskylitis Limne bounds Mygdonia (unspecified date range)

Daskylitis Limne receives connections from:

Daskyleion abuts Daskylitis Limne (unspecified date range)

Place type:
lake

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 52 B4 Daskylitis/Aphnitis L.

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Manyas Gölü

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Suggested citation:
C. Foss, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Daskylitis Limne: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/511224> [accessed: 19 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/511224 |title=Places: 511224 (Daskylitis Limne) |author=Foss, C. |accessdate=April 19, 2024 3:26 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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