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Arachnaion

a Pleiades name resource

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The ancient Greek name of the mountain.

Romanized Name(s):
Arachnaion

Name as attested:

Ἀραχναῖον

Language:
Greek (ancient)

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC) (confident)
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

Aesch., Ag. 309
Paus. 2.25.10

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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