Lykos (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D. Rupp Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: D. Rupp Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Mar 03, 2021 03:56 PM
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History
An ancient river of Cyprus, identified with the modern Kouris/Kourris/Kuris, which is now dammed and canalized in its lower course. It empties into the ocean at modern Episkopi (ancient Kourion).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707565
34.7154780228, 32.918916654
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of inundated portion of the modern Kouris river (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM location of the lower course of the modern Kouris river (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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river, drainage
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 72 B3 Lykos fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kouris
D. Rupp, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Lykos (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707565> [accessed: 02 November 2024]
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