Historical place profile

Atrax

An ancient Greek polis in Pelasgiotis in Thessaly. The site is located in modern Greece, immediately south of the Peneios river and 2.5 km west of a small village named Κάστρο (Kastro), which is within the municipality of Larissa.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:540682
Catalogue ID
pleiades:540682
Place type
acropolis, settlement
Coordinates
39.571600, 22.192100
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

An ancient Greek polis in Pelasgiotis in Thessaly. The site is located in modern Greece, immediately south of the Peneios river and 2.5 km west of a small village named Κάστρο (Kastro), which is within the municipality of Larissa.

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 55 C1 Atrax

Source and reuse

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Research path

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