Historical place profile

Orchomenos/Orchomenus (Boeotia)

The so-called "Boeotian Orchomenos", located in the vicinity of the Byzantine church of Panaghia Skripou. The longer, modern title is used to distinguish this settlement from another Greek site with the same ancient name located in Arcadia in the Peloponnese.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:540987
Catalogue ID
pleiades:540987
Place type
settlement, tomb
Coordinates
38.493319, 22.974702
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

The so-called "Boeotian Orchomenos", located in the vicinity of the Byzantine church of Panaghia Skripou. The longer, modern title is used to distinguish this settlement from another Greek site with the same ancient name located in Arcadia in the Peloponnese.

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 D4 Orchomenus

Source and reuse

This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.

Research path

Compare this place with the chronological map at the relevant year, nearby political units, routes, institutions and the period portals. Where the source record is silent about jurisdiction, population or ecclesiastical rank, this profile makes no such claim.