Achna
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D. Rupp
Creators: D. Rupp
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Erin Walcek Averett, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Nov 07, 2025 09:21 AM
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History
Achna is a modern village on Cyprus where evidence exists for an ancient sanctuary dedicated to a goddess perhaps associated with Artemis.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707486
35.057081, 33.791481
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 6522 (750 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
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- Artemis, T. (Artemis: English, 750 BC - 330 BC)
- Kybele, T. (Kybele: English, 750 BC - 330 BC)
- Achna located on Cyprus (island) (750 BC - 330 BC)
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sanctuary (religious center)
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 72 D2 Artemis, T.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Akhna?
D. Rupp, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Erin Walcek Averett, and Tom Elliott, 'Achna: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707486> [accessed: 07 March 2026]
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