Peiraion

a Pleiades place resource

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

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Jul 26, 2023 10:09 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=0, dare:feature=other

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 D1 Peiraion

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570571

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.0301892, 22.9489948

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Perachora (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Peiraion (750 BC - AD 300)
- Peraia (750 BC - AD 300)
- Piraian (750 BC - AD 300)
- Piraion (750 BC - AD 300)

Peiraion makes connections with:

None

Peiraion receives connections from:

None

Place type:
cape, promontory, settlement-modern

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 D1 Peiraion

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Perachora

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Suggested citation:
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Peiraion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570571> [accessed: 25 April 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570571 |title=Places: 570571 (Peiraion) |author=Reger, G., J. McK. Camp II |accessdate=April 25, 2024 10:14 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

Noah Kaye says:

Jun 12, 2020 01:33 PM

I see that the OSM location for modern village of Perachora is pending. That's great because the Barrington polygon places the ancient place on the northern side of the Gulf of Corinth, which is confusing for someone looking at Heraion (570288) [of Perachora].