Arachnaion (mountain)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Nov 19, 2021 08:35 PM
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History
A mountain of the Argolid with a higher western peak (Profitis Ilias, 1199 masl) and a lower eastern peak (Mavrovouni or Arna, 1139 masl). Material from the Mycenaean, Archaic, and Classical periods has been found on the western peak and identified with altars of Zeus and Hera described by Pausanias. Aeschylus mentions its use as a signal station.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570098
37.66894618, 22.98383586
- Representative Locations:
- unnamed peak (2) of Arachnaion M. (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Imagery location of Profitis Ilias summit of Mt. Arachnaion (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- unnamed peak of Arachnaion M. (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Imagery location of Arna summit of Mt. Arachnaion (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- Imagery location of foundations of modern chapel (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Ἀραχναῖον (Arachnaion: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Arachnaion (English, modern)
- Arachnaion M. (unspecified date range)
- Αραχναίο (Arachneo: Modern Greek)
- Προφήτης Ηλίας (Profitis Ilias: Modern Greek)
- Arachnaion (mountain) connection Argolis (unspecified date range)
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mountain, church, monastery (deprecated)
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 D2 Arachnaion M.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Mt. Arachnaion
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Dan Diffendale, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Arachnaion (mountain): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570098> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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