Historical place profile

Elateia

Elateia was an ancient Greek city of Phocis, and numbered as the most important place in that region after Delphi. The remains of the ancient site are located to the northeast of the modern town.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:540755
Catalogue ID
pleiades:540755
Place type
archaeological-site, settlement, settlement-modern
Coordinates
38.645633, 22.779987
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Elateia was an ancient Greek city of Phocis, and numbered as the most important place in that region after Delphi. The remains of the ancient site are located to the northeast of the modern town.

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 D3 Elateia

Source and reuse

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Research path

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