Xirokastrini
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes
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Mar 22, 2024 11:38 PM
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History
A ruined Hellenistic wall-and-tower site (with subsequent additions) on the Xirokastrini hill between modern Kalloni and Parakoila on the island of Lesbos is possibly to be identified with the attested ancient settlement of Issa.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550599
39.207108, 26.131466
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 12895 (750 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
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- Less than certain: Issa (750 BC - 30 BC)
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- Xirokastrini (Modern Greek, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Xirokastrini part of (physical/topographic) Lesbos (island) (unspecified date range)
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settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 C3 Issa?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Xerokastrine, on Lesbos GRE
C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell, R. Talbert, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Xirokastrini: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550599> [accessed: 21 December 2024]
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