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Hellenopolis

a Pleiades place resource

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Likely founded by Attalos II, Hellenopolis was initially populated by an amalgamation of citizens from several nearby Greek cities, and was located somewhere near the Mysia-Bithynia border.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/23296898

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.1190592496, 29.3079013581

Locations:

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Names:

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Hellenopolis makes connections with:

Hellenopolis part of (regional) Bithynia (region) (330 BC - 30 BC)
Hellenopolis part of (regional) Mysia (region) (330 BC - 30 BC)

Hellenopolis receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

References:

See Further:

Cohen 1995 s.v. Hellenopolis

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

This site is different from https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/511240 as "This Hellenopolis should be distinguished from Drepanon on the Astakene Gulf, which was renamed Helenopolis by Constantine the Great in honor of his mother (Amm. Marc. 26.8.1)." (Cohen, s.v. Hellenopolis)

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Suggested citation:
Ryan Horne, 'Hellenopolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/23296898> [accessed: 26 April 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/23296898 |title=Places: 23296898 (Hellenopolis) |author=Horne, R. |accessdate=April 26, 2025 2:08 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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