Kantharos Limen

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: J.S. Traill

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

Last modified Jun 28, 2024 05:26 AM — History

Kantharos Limen was the largest harbor area of the Piraeus.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579966

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.9416299951, 23.6369904056

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM location of Κεντρικός Λιμένας (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Κάνθαρος λιμέν (Kantharos Limen: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Kantharos Limen makes connections with:

None

Kantharos Limen receives connections from:

Peiraieus/Piraeus connection Kantharos Limen (unspecified date range)

Place type:
port

References:

Evidence:

Paus. (Spiro: Perseus) 1.1.2

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 B3 Kantharos Limen

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Megas Limen.

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Suggested citation:
J.S. Traill, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Kantharos Limen: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579966> [accessed: 22 June 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579966 |title=Places: 579966 (Kantharos Limen) |author=Traill, J. |accessdate=June 22, 2025 1:47 am |publisher=Pleiades}}