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Chersonesos

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, Richard Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Ryan Horne
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Last modified Oct 29, 2025 10:13 AM — History
Carian Chersonesos was located on what is now known as the Daraçya (or Loryma) Peninsula. According to Cook, this may be the same as the Bybassian Chersonese of Herodotus' account.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599571

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peninsula, region, map label location

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 61 G4 Chersonesos

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Daraçya. 

Secondary scholarship discusses both literary and epigraphic testimony to assert that Carian Chersonesos should be understood to occupy "the Loryma peninsula", a landform taking its name from the major polis located at its southern tip. Bean notes also that Carian Chersonesos includes "a certain area around the head of the gulf of Hisaronii. How large an area is uncertain". The polities of Carian Chersonesos - including "Bybassus, Castabus, Cyrnus, Loryma, Syrna, Amos" but excluding "Cedreae, Physcus, Pyrnus, Erine" made a group contribution attested on the Athenian tribute lists at some points in time.


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C. Foss, G. Reger, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, Richard Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Ryan Horne, 'Chersonesos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599571> [accessed: 14 February 2026] 

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