Laureion

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: J.S. Traill

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

Last modified Dec 27, 2019 11:53 AM — History

A mining region of Attika famous in antiquity for its silver mines. These mines were one of the chief sources of revenue for the Athenian state.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580010

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.712252, 24.039891

Locations:

Barrington Atlas location (unspecified date range)

Names:

Laureion (unspecified date range)

Laureion makes connections with:

None

Laureion receives connections from:

Mine of Laureion part of (regional) Laureion (unspecified date range)

Place type:
region

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 C3 Laureion

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Laureion region and silver mines.

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Suggested citation:
J.S. Traill, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Laureion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580010> [accessed: 07 April 2020]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580010 |title=Places: 580010 (Laureion) |author=Traill, J. |accessdate=April 7, 2020 1:19 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Laureion