Al(al)komenai
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.M. Murray Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: W.M. Murray Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jun 17, 2025 01:44 PM
At Al(al)komenai (near Palaiokastro, Ithaca, Ionian Islands) are the remains of a multi-period settlement, in use from at least the Archaic period to Roman times. There is also a tract of Cyclopean walling associated with the site.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530791
38.3563825, 20.6808343
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Cyclopean wall (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- DARMC location 11317 (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
- OSM location of Alalkomenés (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Alalkomenai (750 BC - AD 300)
- Alkomenai (750 BC - AD 300)
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wall (defensive), settlement, archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 C5 Al(al)komenai
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Palaiokastro on Aëtos
W.M. Murray, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Al(al)komenai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530791> [accessed: 11 July 2025]
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