Kos (settlement)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors:
DARMC, Janak Sheth, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, R. Talbert, Lewin Ernest Staine, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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Last modified
Feb 15, 2026 09:07 AM
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History
An ancient city, located on the Aegean island of the same name.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599728
36.893601, 27.289914
- Representative Locations:
- Chronique Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Kos (550 BC - AD 640)
- Kos Meropis (750 BC - 330 BC)
- İstanköy (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Kos (settlement) located on Kos/Cos (island) (unspecified date range)
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settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 61 E4 Kos
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: on Kos GRE
C. Foss, G. Reger, DARMC, Janak Sheth, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, R. Talbert, Lewin Ernest Staine, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Kos (settlement): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599728> [accessed: 14 September 2026]
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