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Sounion (Attica: settlement and deme)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified Oct 13, 2025 03:17 PM — History
The fortified port settlement at Sounion, a coastal deme of Leontis, served the Athenian grain ships originating in Euboea and was the site of the sanctuary of Poseidon, among others.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580107

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settlement, deme (Athenian)

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 D4 Sounion

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: upper Agrileza valley [IV - coast - 4(6)]


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J.S. Traill, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and Ryan Horne, 'Sounion (Attica: settlement and deme): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580107> [accessed: 17 December 2025] 

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