Agaron akron
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: David Braund Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: David Braund Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Feb 26, 2022 01:18 PM
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History
A promontory of the northern shore of the Azov Sea, included in Ptolemy's gazetteer. It is perhaps to be associated with the promontory that now extends into the sea near modern Berdyansk.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/825218
46.636346, 36.761755
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Uncertain: OSM location of Berdyansk promontory (modern)
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- Ἄγαρον ἄκρον (Agaron akron: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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cape, promontory
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 84 B2 Agaron? Pr.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Berdyansk promontory UKR
David Braund, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Diane Braund, Adam Rabinowitz, and Tom Elliott, 'Agaron akron: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/825218> [accessed: 05 June 2023]
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