Chambritrasos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jul 18, 2022 07:53 PM
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History
An ancient geographic feature mentioned in two Hellenistic treaties where it is described as a watercourse. Scholars argue that it is to be identified with the modern Khavgas/Havgas gorge, which runs intermittently to drain the Katharo Plateau in central-east Crete. The gorge empties naturally into the Lasithi plain where the modern Agios Georgios reservoir has been built to collect its runoff (close to the town of Agios Konstantinos).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589743
35.1555202961, 25.5312861775
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM-derived location of Havga gorge (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Χαμβρίτρασος (Chambritrasos: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)
- Less than certain: Chambritrasos (330 BC - 30 BC)
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- Less than certain: Χαυγᾶ (Khavgas: Modern Greek, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
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gorge, watercourse
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 E2 Chambritrasos?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Khavgas gorge
J. Bennet, G. Reger, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Chambritrasos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589743> [accessed: 13 March 2025]
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