Klazomenai (earlier)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Peter Cobb, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt
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Oct 28, 2025 08:05 PM
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History
The initial, mainland site of the city, located to the southwest of modern Urla Iskelesi in Turkey. Pausanias reports that the city relocated to an island in the Bay of Smyrna, for which see "Klazomenai (later)."
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550650
38.3614575859, 26.770567899
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - 550 BC) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Klazomenai (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Less than certain: Klazomenai (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Klazomenai (earlier) relocated to Klazomenai (later) (unspecified date range)
- Akropolis of Klazomenai located at Klazomenai (earlier) (unspecified date range)
- Feride Gül Tarla (FGT) excavation sector located at Klazomenai (earlier) (unspecified date range)
- Polichne located near Klazomenai (earlier) (unspecified date range)
settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 D5 Klazomenai?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: SW Urla Iskelesi
C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell, Jeffrey Becker, Peter Cobb, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, and Johan Åhlfeldt, 'Klazomenai (earlier): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550650> [accessed: 15 February 2026]
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