Achilleion
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Nov 21, 2024 01:54 PM
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History
An ancient Greek city in the southwest of the Troas. A site that in antiquity was considered to be the tomb of Achilles is nearby at Beşiktepe.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550401
39.9150772041, 26.1517428172
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Achilleion (550 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- OSM location of Achilleion (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Achilleion (Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 300)
- Ἀχιλλήιον (Achilleion: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
- Achilleion part of (regional) Troas (region) (unspecified date range)
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settlement, archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 C2 Achilleion
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Beşika Burnu
C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Achilleion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550401> [accessed: 04 April 2025]
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