Pelodes Limen

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: W.M. Murray

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

Last modified Dec 26, 2022 12:18 PM — History

A lake near Buthrotum that served as a port.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/531051

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
39.784136, 20.030486

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location of Liqeni i Butrintit (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Liqeni i Butrintit (Albanian, modern)
- Πηλώδης λιμήν (Pēlṓdēs limḗn: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)

Pelodes Limen makes connections with:

None

Pelodes Limen receives connections from:

None

Place type:
lake, port

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Evidence:

See Further:

See Also:

Wikipedia (English) Pelodes

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 B2 Pelodes Limen

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Gji i Butrintit ALB

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Suggested citation:
W.M. Murray, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Pelodes Limen: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/531051> [accessed: 17 June 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/531051 |title=Places: 531051 (Pelodes Limen) |author=Murray, W. |accessdate=June 17, 2025 9:43 am |publisher=Pleiades}}