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Aegina (island)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: J.S. Traill

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

Last modified Jan 19, 2019 10:12 AM — History

An island in the Saronic gulf that is surrounded by Attica, Megaris, and Epidaurus.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579844

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.7409397, 23.430141

Locations:

OSM location (modern)

Names:

Aegina (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
Αἴγινα (Aígina: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
Oinone (750 BC - AD 640)

Aegina (island) makes connections with:

Aegina (island) part of (administrative) Attalid kingdom (330 BC - 30 BC)
Aegina (island) connection Saronicus Sinus (unspecified date range)

Aegina (island) receives connections from:

Temple of Aphaia on Aegina part of (physical/topographic) Aegina (island) (unspecified date range)

Place type:
island

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Evidence:

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 A4 Aegina Ins.

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Aigina

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Suggested citation:
J.S. Traill, Pierre Motylewicz, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Aegina (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579844> [accessed: 23 January 2020]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579844 |title=Places: 579844 (Aegina (island)) |author=Traill, J. |accessdate=January 23, 2020 5:42 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Aegina (island)