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Heptastadion

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Chris de Lisle

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified May 22, 2024 03:54 PM — History

The narrowest point in the Hellespont, between Sestos and Abydos.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/549287251

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.2012426982, 26.4144303991

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- ἑπταστάδιον (Heptastádion: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Heptastadion makes connections with:

Heptastadion abuts Abydos (unspecified date range)
Heptastadion part of (physical/topographic) Hellespont (strait) (unspecified date range)
Heptastadion abuts Sestos (unspecified date range)

Heptastadion receives connections from:

None

Place type:
strait

References:

See Further:

Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 2.5.22

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Chris de Lisle, and Tom Elliott, 'Heptastadion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/549287251> [accessed: 19 November 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/549287251 |title=Places: 549287251 (Heptastadion) |author=de Lisle, C. |accessdate=November 19, 2024 11:29 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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