Pellene
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jul 31, 2025 12:02 PM
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History
An unlocated ancient settlement in Achaea, mentioned by Strabo, that Camp (BAtlDir) considers distinct from the Pellene now identified with modern Zugra and lying between it and Aigion (which still bears its ancient name today).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/573434
38.147957, 22.315148
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (unspecified date range)
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- Πελλήνη (Pellene: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Pellene located in Achaea/Achaia (region) (unspecified date range)
- Pellene located east of Aigion (unspecified date range)
- Pellene located west of Pellene (unspecified date range)
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settlement
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 Pellene
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Achaea: village between Aigion and Pellene
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Pellene: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/573434> [accessed: 13 January 2026]
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