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Heroon of Trysa

a Pleiades place resource

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The Heroon of Trysa is a scholarly appellation applied to an ancient tomb (ca. 380 BCE) found at Trysa in ancient Lycia. Julius August Schönborn discovered the site in 1841. The shrine is noted for its cycle of relief sculpture.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/956927191

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.2686081888, 29.9007400534

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Heroon of Trysa (330 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Associated Modern Names:
- Heroon of Trysa (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Heroon von Trysa (German, AD 1800 - AD 2099)

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Heroon of Trysa located at Trysa (unspecified date range)

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Place type:
shrine

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Heroon of Trysa: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/956927191> [accessed: 22 June 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/956927191 |title=Places: 956927191 (Heroon of Trysa) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=June 22, 2025 4:57 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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