Eleusis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Feb 07, 2024 12:46 PM
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History
An ancient settlement, mentioned by Ptolemy, on the Aegean island of Thera. Scholars tentatively locate it in the vicinity of modern Βλυχάδα (Vlychada) on the island's southern tip.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599607
36.3383989, 25.4351909
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM Location of modern Βλυχάδα (AD 1800 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Eleusis (Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 640)
- Eleusis located on Thera (island) (unspecified date range)
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settlement, settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 61 A5 Eleusis?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: on Thera GRE
C. Foss, G. Reger, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Eleusis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599607> [accessed: 30 December 2024]
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