Historical place profile
Methana/Anthana?
The surviving manuscript of Skylax reports a Methana in the Thyreatis plain on the Gulf of Argolis. The toponym is widely thought to be a corruption of Anthana/Anthane, known from other sources. This place "may have been one of two known coastal forts in the area ... probably Nisi Agiou Andrea" (Shipley's 2019 commentary on Skylax, page 129 note 46).
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:570481
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:570481
- Place type
- settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 37.370778, 22.783524
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
The surviving manuscript of Skylax reports a Methana in the Thyreatis plain on the Gulf of Argolis. The toponym is widely thought to be a corruption of Anthana/Anthane, known from other sources. This place "may have been one of two known coastal forts in the area ... probably Nisi Agiou Andrea" (Shipley's 2019 commentary on Skylax, page 129 note 46).
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 58 D3 Methana/Anthana?
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Research path
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