Marathon
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.S. Traill
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors:
Catherine Bouras, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Pierre Motylewicz, R. Talbert, Greta Hawes
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History
Marathon was a coastal deme of the tribe Aiantis, in northeastern Attica, the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, and capital of the Marathon tetrapolis.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580021
38.1465515, 23.970146
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 21302 (550 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
- DARMC location 24019 (550 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Marathon part of (regional) Attica (unspecified date range)
- Marathon part of (physical/topographic) Marathonian Pedion (unspecified date range)
- Marathon capital of Tetrapolis (unspecified date range)
- Archaeological Site at Plasi of Marathon located at Marathon (unspecified date range)
settlement, deme (Athenian)
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 C2 Marathon
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Plasi NW (prehistoric acropolis?) [IX - coast - 10]
J.S. Traill, Catherine Bouras, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Pierre Motylewicz, R. Talbert, and Greta Hawes, 'Marathon: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580021> [accessed: 20 April 2025]
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