Apesas (mountain)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Elizabeth Robinson, Tom Elliott
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Nov 13, 2024 09:29 AM
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Mount Aphesas, now Mount Phoukas, separated the territory of Kleonai from the Corinthia. It is connected with the myth of the Nemean lion and was the site of an ash altar sacred to Zeus in use from the Geometric period to the fourth century B.C.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570090
37.86667, 22.73333
- Representative Locations:
- GeoNames location of Foukás (modern) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.
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- Apesas M. (750 BC - AD 300)
- Φουκάς (Foukás: Modern Greek)
- ὄρος Ἀπέσας (oros Apesas: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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mountain
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 D2 Apesas M.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Phoukas
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Elizabeth Robinson, and Tom Elliott, 'Apesas (mountain): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570090> [accessed: 14 July 2025]
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