Syriai Pylai
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Apr 12, 2021 07:05 PM
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Syriai Pylai (Belen Pass) is a narrow pass through the Nur Mountains. This may be the location at which Alexander the Great pursued Achaemenid King Darius III after the Battle of Issus.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658608
36.4795, 36.232
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Syriai Pylai (modern) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.
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- Belen Geçidi (Belen Gecidi: Turkish, modern)
- Belen Pass (English, modern)
- Συρίαι πύλαι (Syriai Pylai: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Syrian Gates (English, modern)
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pass, "gates" (landform)
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 67 C4 Syriai Pylai
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Belen Geçidi
T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier, M. Ballance, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Syriai Pylai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658608> [accessed: 19 April 2024]
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