Orontes (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier
Contributors:
M. Ballance, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, R. Warner, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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The Orontes River is one of the chief rivers of the Levant.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658560
35.3783757497, 36.4781340789
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of course of Orontes River (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Arantu (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Axios (330 BC - AD 640)
- Less than certain: Belus (330 BC - AD 640)
- Drakon (330 BC - AD 640)
- نهرِ عاصى (Nehr-i ʿĀṣī: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Nehr-i Ḥamāt (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Ophites (330 BC - AD 640)
- Ὀρόντης (Orontes: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Typhon (330 BC - AD 640)
- amnis Orontes (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Orontes (river) connection Internum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Antiochia/Theoupolis located on Orontes (river) (unspecified date range)
- Asharne located near Orontes (river) (2000 BC - AD 1204)
- Kunulua/Tell Tayinat located on Orontes (river) (3000 BC - 540 BC)
- Larissa/Sizara located on Orontes (river) (unspecified date range)
- Pella/Apamea connection Orontes (river) (unspecified date range)
river, drainage
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 67 C4 Orontes fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Nahr el-Asi SYR / TKY
T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier, M. Ballance, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, R. Warner, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Orontes (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658560> [accessed: 09 December 2025]
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