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Aigiai

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Sean Gillies, Greta Hawes

Last modified Apr 12, 2024 06:21 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:feature=settlement, dare:major=0

An ancient settlement in Lakonia, mentioned by Strabo and Pausanias. Since the early 20th century, scholars have connected it with Classical and Roman remains at a site consequently dubbed "Palaeochora" between modern Aigies/Aigiai (formerly Chania Koutoumous) and Limni.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570044

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.78751295, 22.51594695

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- Google Maps Location: Αρχαιολογικός Χώρος Αιγιές (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 508 meters.
- OSM Location: modern Αιγίες (AD 1900 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Geonames Location: modern Limni (Laconia) (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.
Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 11225 (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Aigiai (750 BC - AD 300)
Associated Modern Names:
- Αιγιαί (Aigiai: Modern Greek, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Αιγιές (Aigies: Modern Greek, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Chania Koutoumous (Modern Greek, AD 1800 - AD 1999)

Aigiai makes connections with:

None

Aigiai receives connections from:

Pagania Sanctuary (Aigies, Laconia) located near Aigiai (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement, archaeological site, settlement-modern

References:

Evidence:

Paus. (Spiro: Perseus) 3.21.5

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 D4 Aigiai

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Aigiai

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Suggested citation:
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Sean Gillies, and Greta Hawes, 'Aigiai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570044> [accessed: 19 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570044 |title=Places: 570044 (Aigiai) |author=Reger, G., J. McK. Camp II |accessdate=April 19, 2024 4:32 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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