Odryses (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: C. Foss Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Mar 02, 2026 05:50 PM
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History
An ancient river of Mygdonia mentioned by Strabo. Foss (BAtlas) identifies it with the modern Kara Dere (Karacay), a tributary of the Simav in Turkey's Bursa province, rejecting 19th century scholarship that identified it tentatively with the Nilüfer.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/511340
40.1834371973, 28.2111362419
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: modern Karacay (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Odryses (river) connection Olympus (mountain) (unspecified date range)
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river, drainage
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 52 C4 Odryses fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kara Dere
C. Foss, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, and Tom Elliott, 'Odryses (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/511340> [accessed: 09 May 2026]
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