Historical place profile
Argos Amphilochikon
An ancient settlement in northwest Greece, mentioned in Thucydides and other ancient sources. Most scholars have long identified it with archaeological remains that lie between the modern towns of Loutro-Krikellos and Ampelaki near the Gulf of Ambrakia (but see SAGT after which BAtlas).
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:530809
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:530809
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 38.930000, 21.190000
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient settlement in northwest Greece, mentioned in Thucydides and other ancient sources. Most scholars have long identified it with archaeological remains that lie between the modern towns of Loutro-Krikellos and Ampelaki near the Gulf of Ambrakia (but see SAGT after which BAtlas).
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 D4 Argos Amphilochikon?
Source and reuse
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Research path
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