Cnidus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Noah Kaye, Tom Elliott
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History
An ancient settlement located at Tekir on the western tip of the modern Datça peninsula in Turkey (ancient Knidia), which extends from the southwest corner of Asia Minor. In the later fourth century BCE, it grew markedly, succeeding the site at Burgaz as the political center of the peninsula.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599575
36.6881795, 27.3728385
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 3185 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
- Cnidus part of (physical/topographic) Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Cnidus bounds Karpathion Mare (unspecified date range)
- Cnidus bounds Kerameios/Doridis Sinus (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Aphrodite Euploia connection Cnidus (unspecified date range)
- Less than certain: Triopium connection Cnidus (550 BC - 330 BC)
settlement
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 61 E4 Cnidus
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tekir
C. Foss, G. Reger, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Noah Kaye, and Tom Elliott, 'Cnidus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599575> [accessed: 18 December 2024]
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