Sirenes/Seirenoussai Inss.
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: N. Purcell
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Arthur De Graauw, Perry Scalfano, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Jan 07, 2021 02:45 PM
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History
Sirenes/Seirenoussai Inss. (modern Le Sirenuse or Li Galli) is an archipelago off the Amalfi Coast of Italy. In Greek mythology, the islands were home to the Sirens who tempted sailors, including Odysseus.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/433124
40.581533175, 14.432598
- Representative Locations:
- location of La Rotonda (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- location of La Castelluccia (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Less than certain: centerpoint location of Le Sirenuse (750 BC - 550 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- location of Il Gallo Lungo (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Le Sirenuse (Italian, modern)
- Li Galli (Italian, modern)
- Seirenoussai (330 BC - AD 300)
- Sirenes (330 BC - AD 300)
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archipelago, island group, island
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 F4 Sirenes/Seirenoussai Inss.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: island-group
N. Purcell, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Arthur De Graauw, Perry Scalfano, and Tom Elliott, 'Sirenes/Seirenoussai Inss.: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/433124> [accessed: 05 July 2025]
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