Astron
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors:
Catherine Bouras, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Wikidata contributors, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Sean Gillies
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Sep 14, 2025 10:20 AM
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History
An ancient settlement mentioned by Ptolemy and thought to have been located in the vicinity of the modern coastal town of Paralio Astros. The prominent remains of the castle immediately above the town date to the 17th or 18th century CE and are unrelated to both the ancient settlement and the Aeginetan fortification mentioned by Thucydides that some scholars associate with ancient Astron (RE).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570134
37.4163488, 22.7644306
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: modern Paralio Astros (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ἂστρον (Astron: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
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- Παράλιο Άστρος (Paralio Astros: Modern Greek, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
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settlement, settlement-modern
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 D3 Astron
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Paralio Astros
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, Catherine Bouras, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Wikidata contributors, Tom Elliott, DARMC, and Sean Gillies, 'Astron: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570134> [accessed: 12 December 2025]
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