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
Oct 11, 2024 09:35 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.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550401
39.914982, 26.1511315
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 11165 (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
- Imagery location of Achilleion (550 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 5 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
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: 18 November 2024]
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