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Peiraieus/Piraeus

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: J.S. Traill

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne

Last modified Jun 07, 2018 07:20 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

The ancient, fortified port settlement (and deme) of ancient Athens.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580062

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.9377025, 23.6450325

Locations:

DARMC location 21312 (750 BC - AD 640)
DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640)

Names:

Πειραεὐς (Peiraeus: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
Πειραιεύς (Peiraieus: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 640)
Piraeea (Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)
Piraeeus (Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)
Piraeus (Latin, 330 BC - Present)

Peiraieus/Piraeus makes connections with:

Peiraieus/Piraeus connection Akte Pr. (unspecified date range)
Peiraieus/Piraeus part of (administrative) Athenae (550 BC - 30 BC)
Peiraieus/Piraeus connection Choma? (unspecified date range)
Peiraieus/Piraeus connection Eetioneia Pr. (unspecified date range)
Peiraieus/Piraeus connection Kantharos Limen (unspecified date range)
Peiraieus/Piraeus connection Kophos Limen (unspecified date range)
Peiraieus/Piraeus connection Mounichia Limen (unspecified date range)
Peiraieus/Piraeus connection Phreatto? (unspecified date range)
Peiraieus/Piraeus connection Saronicus Sinus (unspecified date range)
Peiraieus/Piraeus connection Zea Limen (unspecified date range)

Peiraieus/Piraeus receives connections from:

Makra Teiche connection Peiraieus/Piraeus (550 BC - 330 BC)
Theater of Zea at Peiraieus/Piraeus (unspecified date range)
Munychia part of (physical/topographic) Peiraieus/Piraeus (330 BC - 30 BC)

Place type:
region, settlement, fort, tower

References:

Evidence:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 B3 Peiraieus

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: deme and fort, Mounychia [VIII - city - 8?(10?)]

Alternate representations:
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Suggested citation:
J.S. Traill, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and Ryan Horne, 'Peiraieus/Piraeus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580062> [accessed: 12 December 2018]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580062 |title=Places: 580062 (Peiraieus/Piraeus) |author=Traill, J. |accessdate=December 12, 2018 8:28 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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