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Chaeronea

a Pleiades name resource

Creators: Constantina Argyrakou

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Jun 07, 2018 08:10 PM — History

Modern name

Romanized Name(s):
Chaeronea

Name as attested:

Χαιρώνεια

Language:
Greek (modern)

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Modern (AD 1700-Present) (confident)

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

During the Late Byzantine and Ottoman periods, the village (on the ruins of the ancient town) was called Kapurna or Kaprena. Sometime in 19th century it was officially renamed to Chaeronea, although "Kapurna" is still found in some non-Greek bibliography and maps until the early 20th century and was unofficially used by the locals until the late 20th century.

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