Historical place profile

Atarneus

An ancient Greek city in Aeolis that lies on the mainland opposite the island of Lesbos, northeast of the town of Dikili in modern-day Turkey.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:550469
Catalogue ID
pleiades:550469
Place type
archaeological-site, settlement
Coordinates
39.091454, 26.921325
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

An ancient Greek city in Aeolis that lies on the mainland opposite the island of Lesbos, northeast of the town of Dikili in modern-day Turkey.

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 56 D3 Atarneus

Source and reuse

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Research path

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