Sounion
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).
Last modified
Dec 18, 2020 09:55 AM
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History
The fortified port settlement at Sounion served the Athenian grain ships originating in Euboea and was the site of the sanctuary of Poseidon, among others.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580107
37.683423, 24.0359195
- DARMC location 21639 (550 BC - AD 300)
- DARMC location 14836 (550 BC - AD 300)
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- Sounion (550 BC - AD 300)
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- Temple of Poseidon at Sounion connection Sounion (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Athena at Sounion located at Sounion (unspecified date range)
- Sanctuary of Phrontis(?) located at Sounion (unspecified date range)
settlement
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 D4 Sounion
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: upper Agrileza valley [IV - coast - 4(6)]
J.S. Traill, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Sounion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580107> [accessed: 18 June 2021]
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