Historical place profile
Kolonos
Kolonos was a deme assigned to the phyle Aegeis in Attica. It was located to the north of the Academy and provided the setting for one of the tragedies of Sophocles. The district is associated with the god Poseidon.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:579985
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:579985
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.999070, 23.721885
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Kolonos was a deme assigned to the phyle Aegeis in Attica. It was located to the north of the Academy and provided the setting for one of the tragedies of Sophocles. The district is associated with the god Poseidon.
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 59 B2 Kolonos
Source and reuse
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Research path
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