Nopigeia
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).
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May 23, 2023 07:52 PM
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History
Remnants of an ancient settlement have been identified south and east of the modern beach village of Nopigeia on Crete that date to at least the 5th century BCE. The church of Agios Georgios Nopigion, which is located between Nopigia and Drapania, was built on the remains of a Roman-era bath complex. A single, late source (Aelian) provides the name Mithymna, which may have belonged to this settlement. Bronze Age remains have also been identified in the vicinity.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589935
35.5011384, 23.7123573
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Mithimna (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Nopigeia connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
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settlement, bath, spa
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 A1 Mithymna?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Nopigeia
J. Bennet, G. Reger, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Nopigeia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589935> [accessed: 16 June 2025]
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