Sollion

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: W.M. Murray

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

Last modified Oct 28, 2025 08:39 PM — History

Mentioned in fifth-century BCE sources, this as-yet-located harbor city probably lay on the Plagia peninsula in Acarnania, likely between Leucas and Palairos.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/536133

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.861849, 20.802877

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (750 BC - 330 BC)

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Σόλλιον (Sollion: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - 330 BC)

Sollion makes connections with:

Uncertain: Sollion same as Vigla (Acarnania) (unspecified date range)

Sollion receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 Sollion

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: between Leucas and Palairos on Plagia Pr.

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Suggested citation:
W.M. Murray, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Sollion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/536133> [accessed: 04 December 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/536133 |title=Places: 536133 (Sollion) |author=Murray, W. |accessdate=December 4, 2025 6:45 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}