Dolicha (island)
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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History
The ancient Ionian island of Dolicha is probably to be associated with the modern, now-landlocked peak known as Koutsilaris in the modern Greek municipality of Mesolongi.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530845
38.32248, 21.14824
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: Geonames location of modern Koutsilaris hill (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.
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- Less than certain: Dolicha (330 BC - AD 300)
- Δουλίχιον (Doulichion: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Dulichium (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Koutsilaris (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Dolicha (island) part of (analytical) Echinades (islands) (unspecified date range)
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island, hill
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 D5 Dolicha? Ins.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Koutsilaris
W.M. Murray, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, and Tom Elliott, 'Dolicha (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530845> [accessed: 11 May 2026]
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