Buruncuk
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, Jeffrey Becker, Noah Kaye, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Jun 03, 2026 04:55 PM
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History
An ancient city was located near modern Buruncuk, 28 km north of Smyrna (modern Izmir) in Turkey. Some scholars identify it as the "Pelasgian" Laris(s)a in Aeolis mentioned by Homer, Xenophon, Herodotus, and Strabo, but that identification is disputed.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550683
38.689068, 27.033411
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 3803 (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
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- Less than certain: Λάρισα (Larisa: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 300)
- Less than certain: Λάρισα Φρικωνίς (Larisa Phrikonis: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
- Less than certain: Λάρισσα (Larissa: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 300)
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- Buruncuk (Turkish, modern)
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- Laris(s)a? (English, unspecified date range)
- Buruncuk part of (regional) Phrikonis (unspecified date range)
- Less than certain: Buruncuk part of (regional) Šeḫa River Land (1750 BC - 1200 BC)
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settlement
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 E4 Laris(s)a?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Buruncuk, in Aeolis
C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Noah Kaye, and Tom Elliott, 'Buruncuk: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550683> [accessed: 08 October 2026]
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