Thera
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors:
Catherine Bouras, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Dec 06, 2023 06:38 PM
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History
An ancient settlement located atop the modern Messavouno mountain on the island that shared its name in antiquity (modern Thira/Santorini).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599971
36.3632791909, 25.4784303007
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Ancient Thera (2000 BC - 1000 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- DARMC location 6319 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 930 meters.
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- Thera (750 BC - AD 640)
- Thera connection Thera (island) (unspecified date range)
- Cyrene founded by Thera (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Palea Kameni connection Thera (unspecified date range)
settlement, archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 61 A5 Thera
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: on Santorini GRE
C. Foss, G. Reger, Catherine Bouras, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Thera: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599971> [accessed: 16 June 2025]
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