Himera
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, Jonathan Prag
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jun 17, 2022 11:52 AM
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History
A colony on the north shore of Sicily founded in 649/8 BC by the Myletidai.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/462244
37.9698366164, 13.8223437955
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Area Archeologica e Antiquarium di Himera (750 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Himera connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
- Temenos of Athena connection Himera (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Victory connection Himera (unspecified date range)
settlement, archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 D3 Himera
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Himera
R.J.A. Wilson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, and Jonathan Prag, 'Himera: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/462244> [accessed: 04 July 2025]
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