Leipsydrion
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.S. Traill Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: J.S. Traill Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Oct 21, 2025 12:12 PM
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History
Leipsydrion is the site of an ancient fortification dated to the fourth century BCE. The fort was located on the Korakofoleza hill (580 m.) on Mt. Parnitha, Attiki.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580011
38.1284395, 23.7237662
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Λειψύδριον (750 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Λειψύδριον (Leipsydrion: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - 330 BC)
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- Less than certain: Gaitana (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
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fort
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 B2 Leipsydrion
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Gaitana?
J.S. Traill, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Leipsydrion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580011> [accessed: 06 February 2026]
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