Lemnos (island)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Contributors:
Catherine Bouras, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Perry Scalfano, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Apr 18, 2024 05:53 PM
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History
A large volcanic island in the northern Aegean Sea. Lemnos appears frequently in Greek myth, not least as the crash-landing place of the god Hephaestos (Vulcan) when he was thrown from Mount Olympus by Zeus for attempting to protect his mother Hera.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550693
39.9050198225, 25.229093534
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location of Lemnos (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Lemnos (unspecified date range)
- Lemnos (island) connection Sporades (archipelago) (unspecified date range)
- Ag. Sophia located at Lemnos (island) (unspecified date range)
- Hephaistia part of (physical/topographic) Lemnos (island) (unspecified date range)
- Herakles, T. connection Lemnos (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kabeireion part of (physical/topographic) Lemnos (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kaminia part of (physical/topographic) Lemnos (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kokkinos part of (physical/topographic) Lemnos (island) (unspecified date range)
- Koukonesi part of (physical/topographic) Lemnos (island) (unspecified date range)
- Mosychlos (mountain) part of (physical/topographic) Lemnos (island) (unspecified date range)
- Myrina connection Lemnos (island) (unspecified date range)
- Palaio Pretorio part of (physical/topographic) Lemnos (island) (unspecified date range)
- Poliochne connection Lemnos (island) (unspecified date range)
- Sanctuary of Artemis at Avlonas located on Lemnos (island) (unspecified date range)
island
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 A2 Lemnos Ins.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Lemnos GRE
C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell, Catherine Bouras, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Perry Scalfano, and Tom Elliott, 'Lemnos (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550693> [accessed: 23 March 2025]
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