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Possible heroön (Salamis)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Nov 03, 2023 01:47 PM — History

A seven-room building was brought to light by underwater archaeological research in Salamis. The architectural remains may be those of a hero shrine (heroön) connected with the Greek hero Ajax.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/588883629

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.9503821511, 23.5394872092

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of archaeological site (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Possible heroön (Salamis) makes connections with:

Possible heroön (Salamis) located at Salamis (settlement) (unspecified date range)

Possible heroön (Salamis) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
archaeological site

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Pausanias (1.35.3) describes a temple (ναὸς) of Ajax at Salamis with an ebony statue.

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Possible heroön (Salamis): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/588883629> [accessed: 03 May 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/588883629 |title=Places: 588883629 (Possible heroön (Salamis)) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=May 3, 2024 9:49 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Possible heroön (Salamis)