Sanctuary of Ptoan Apollo
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Dan Diffendale, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, G. Reger, R. Talbert
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Oct 28, 2025 08:25 PM
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History
Described by Pausanias, this sanctuary was located near Akraiphiai in Boeotia.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/541078
38.45933885, 23.25097385
- Central Point:
- Imagery location of Temple of Apollo Ptoos (550 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Temple of Apollo Ptoos (750 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ἀπόλλωνός Πτώου τὸ ἱερόν (Apollonos Ptōon to hieron: Ancient Greek, unspecified date range)
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- Ptoios, T. (Ptoios: English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
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sanctuary (religious center), temple
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 55 E4 Ptoios, T.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kastraki
J. Fossey, J. Morin, Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Dan Diffendale, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, G. Reger, and R. Talbert, 'Sanctuary of Ptoan Apollo: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/541078> [accessed: 17 April 2026]
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