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Leston (river)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: T. Sinclair, David Braund
Contributors: R. Talbert, Diane Braund, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
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Last modified May 05, 2023 10:09 PM — History
Scylax mentions a "Leston" river on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. It is possibly to be identified with the lower reaches of the modern Tchorokhi/Chorokhi in Georgia, but other ancient testimony gives other names for the upstream portions of this river.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/857211

40.5, 42.5
    • Less than certain: Leston (550 BC - 30 BC)
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river, drainage

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 87 H4 Leston? fl.

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tchorokhi? GEO


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T. Sinclair, David Braund, R. Talbert, Diane Braund, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Leston (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/857211> [accessed: 11 March 2025] 

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