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Portara

a Pleiades name resource

Creators: Diane Chau

Contributors: David Letourneau, Courtney Pham, Hunter Carline, Adam Rabinowitz

Last modified Jul 17, 2015 02:16 AM — History

Romanized Name(s):
Portara

Name as attested:

Portara

Language:
English

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

References:

Evidence:

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The Portara is occasionally mentioned as the Temple of Apollo at Naxos, but it is not certain if the temple was initially dedicated to Apollo.