Kaloi Limenes
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
May 31, 2022 04:08 PM
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History
An embayment of the Mediterranean Sea on the southern coastline of Crete, some 7 km east of Cape Lithinon, 2 km west of Lasaia, and 10 km west of Lebena. The location is noted for the visit of the Christian apostle St. Paul in ca. 47 CE.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589834
34.93182, 24.81228
- Representative Locations:
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- Kaloi Limenes (30 BC - AD 640)
- Órmos Kaloí Limniónes (Modern Greek)
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 C3 Kaloi Limenes
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ormos Kaloi Limenes/Limiones
J. Bennet, G. Reger, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Kaloi Limenes: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589834> [accessed: 08 February 2023]
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