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Herkyna (River)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Anika Campbell

Contributors: R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott, Brady Kiesling, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Sep 29, 2026 01:29 PM — History

A river in Boeotia that flows through Livadeia.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/649390474

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.4415774861, 22.8886340296

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Έρκυνα (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
Representative Locations:
- Topostext Location (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Hercynna (Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Ἕρκυνα (Herkyna: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Herkyna (River) makes connections with:

None

Herkyna (River) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
river, drainage

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Evidence:

See Further:

ToposText Herkyna river (Boeotia) (384229WHer)

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Anika Campbell, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott, Brady Kiesling, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Herkyna (River): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/649390474> [accessed: 08 October 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/649390474 |title=Places: 649390474 (Herkyna (River)) |author=Campbell, A. |accessdate=October 8, 2026 3:42 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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