Historical place profile
Ixia
An ancient settlement that Strabo places south of Lindos on east coast of the island of Rhodes. Nineteenth century scholars localized it at the ruined monastery of Ἁγία Ζωοδόχος Πηγή in Plimmiri, a decision followed in BAtlas. An extant church of the Zodikos Pigi is located near the modern mole and dock.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:589827
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:589827
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 35.929393, 27.858725
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient settlement that Strabo places south of Lindos on east coast of the island of Rhodes. Nineteenth century scholars localized it at the ruined monastery of Ἁγία Ζωοδόχος Πηγή in Plimmiri, a decision followed in BAtlas. An extant church of the Zodikos Pigi is located near the modern mole and dock.
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 60 F4 Ixia
Source and reuse
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Research path
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