Sounion
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.S. Traill
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Mar 01, 2024 10:46 AM
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.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580107
37.6520940078, 24.0262881784
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- Sounion (550 BC - AD 300)
- Sounion part of (regional) Attica (unspecified date range)
- Sanctuary of Phrontis(?) located at Sounion (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Poseidon at Sounion located at Sounion (unspecified date range)
- Withdrawn:Temple of Athena at Sounion located at Sounion (unspecified date range)
settlement, deme (Athenian)
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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, Chris de Lisle, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Sounion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580107> [accessed: 14 July 2025]
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