Polyrrenia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Contributors:
Catherine Bouras, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Sep 05, 2025 09:23 PM
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History
Polyrrenia was an important ancient city of western Crete.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/590003
35.4586345603, 23.6564117108
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Polyrrhenia (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Polyrrenia (750 BC - AD 640)
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- Πολυρρήνιοι (Polyrrhenioi: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Polyrrenia located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
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settlement, archaeological site
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 A2 Polyrrenia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Epano Palaiokastro
J. Bennet, G. Reger, Catherine Bouras, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Polyrrenia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/590003> [accessed: 12 April 2026]
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