Sounion? (Siphnos)
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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History
An ancient cape of the island of Siphnos, mentioned by Stephanus. It is possibly to be identified with the extreme northwest tip of the island, known today as Cape Philippos.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/590057
37.04055, 24.63675
- Representative Locations:
- Geonames location: modern Akra Philippos (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.
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- Σούνιον (Sounion: Ancient Greek, unspecified date range)
- Άκρα Φίλιππος (Ákra Fílippos: Modern Greek, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
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- Less than certain: Sounion Pr. (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
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cape, promontory, promuntory
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 C4 Sounion? Pr.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Akra Philippos
J. Bennet, G. Reger, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Sounion? (Siphnos): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/590057> [accessed: 15 February 2026]
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