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Athenaion (fortification)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, 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 Jul 31, 2025 08:02 PM — History
A fortification in Arcadia that was built and destroyed during the Hellenistic period and is mentioned in ancient sources. The site, located on a hill locally called Chemos and near the modern Greek town of Skortsinos, was used in the late medieval period for a castle.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570138

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fort, ruin

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 C3 Athenaion

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: W Belmina


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G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Athenaion (fortification): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570138> [accessed: 22 January 2026] 

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