Aianteion

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Sep 24, 2023 10:16 AM — History

Aianteion refers to a place on a promontory near İn Tepe where classical sources believed Telamonian Ajax was buried.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550415

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
39.75, 26.25

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Undetermined location (550 BC - AD 640)

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Aeantion (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Aianteion (550 BC - AD 640)
- ναὸς Αἴαντος (naos Aiantos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Aianteion makes connections with:

None

Aianteion receives connections from:

None

Place type:
monument

References:

Evidence:

Paus. (Spiro: Perseus) 1.35.3

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 C2 Aianteion

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: mouth of Azmak Çay

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Suggested citation:
C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Aianteion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550415> [accessed: 04 October 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550415 |title=Places: 550415 (Aianteion) |author=Foss, C., G. Reger, S. Mitchell |accessdate=October 4, 2024 8:30 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

Brady Kiesling says:

Jul 18, 2024 03:17 AM

The temple of Ajax is on Salamis island, Attica (Paus. 1.35.3). The Aianteion promontory in Troad is presumably associated with the tomb of Ajax in the next paragraph, Paus. 1.35.4).