Poseidion (promontory)
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
A promontory or cape mentioned by Strabo in his description of coastal northwest Greece. Scholars identify it with modern Akra Skala, Albania.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/531070
39.744498, 19.978505
- Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Location of Poseidion promontory (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 930 meters.
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- Ποσείδιον (Poseidion: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
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- Poseidion Pr. (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
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cape, promontory
- Evidence:
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 A2 Poseidion Pr.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Akra Skala (on Hexamili) ALB
W.M. Murray, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Poseidion (promontory): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/531070> [accessed: 24 April 2024]
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