Lykos (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Sinclair, David Braund
Creators: T. Sinclair, David Braund
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Diane Braund, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Last modified
Mar 02, 2021 07:50 PM
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History
An ancient river in Pontus, known today as Kelkit Çayı.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/857217
40.7332430956, 36.5293261384
- Representative Locations:
- location of Lykos fl. (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Gayl (Armenian, AD 850 - AD 1200)
- Gayl (AD 300 - AD 1500)
- Kelkit (AD 1453 - AD 1918)
- Kelkit (AD 1077 - AD 2000)
- Kelkit Cāyı (AD 1500 - AD 1918)
- Kelkit Lykos (AD 1683 - AD 1918)
- Kelkit Çay (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Kelkit Çayı (Turkish, 1450 BC - AD 2000)
- Kelkit Çayı (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Kelkit Čayı (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1453 - AD 2000)
- Kelkitçayı (1450 BC - 1200 BC)
- Kummešmaḫa (Hittite, 1450 BC - 1200 BC)
- Lykos (330 BC - AD 640)
- Lykos (Ancient Greek, 1200 BC - AD 1500)
- Lūkīya (AD 850 - AD 1200)
- Lūkīya (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 850 - AD 1200)
- Lūḳiyā (AD 850 - AD 1200)
- Lykos (river) connection Iris (river) (unspecified date range)
- Lithros (mountain) located near Lykos (river) (unspecified date range)
river, drainage
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 87 C4 Lykos fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kelkit Çay
T. Sinclair, David Braund, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Diane Braund, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Lykos (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/857217> [accessed: 23 April 2024]
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