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Aris (river)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified Jun 29, 2026 02:18 PM — History
Described by Pausanias as flowing past the ancient Messenian site of Thouria "in the plain", this river seems to correspond today to a heavily managed stream originating in the vicinity of Pedema and flowing south to the Messenian Gulf, bypassing ancient Thouria on the west.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570107

37.0806903806, 22.0443146698
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river, drainage

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 C3 Aris fl.

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: near Pedema


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G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Aris (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570107> [accessed: 15 October 2026] 

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