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Asine

a Pleiades place resource

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

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Nov 04, 2023 11:28 PM — History

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

Asine was an ancient Greek city of Argolis.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570124

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.5358925, 22.868915

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 24017 (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ἀσιναία (Asinaia: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 300)
- Ἀσίνη (Asine: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 300)

Asine makes connections with:

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Asine receives connections from:

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Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 D2 Asine

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tolon/Asine

Pausanias reports that while defending the fortified town the people of Asine killed Lysistratus of Argos. The city eventually fell and the Argives leveled it. They left the sanctuary of Apollo Pythaeus standing and there buried Lysistratus.

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Suggested citation:
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Asine: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570124> [accessed: 23 November 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570124 |title=Places: 570124 (Asine) |author=Reger, G., J. McK. Camp II |accessdate=November 23, 2024 4:28 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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