Granicus (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: C. Foss Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Granicus fl. (modern Biga Çayı) is a river in Asia Minor that flows from Mount Ida to the Sea of Marmara.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/511260
40.30671, 27.2716339
- Representative Locations:
- location of Granicus fl. (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Granicus (750 BC - AD 300)
- Granicus (river) connection Propontis (unspecified date range)
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river, drainage
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 52 A4 Granicus fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Biga Çayı. Alexander fought the famous battle of the Granicus river against the Persian Empire in May 334 BC.
C. Foss, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, and R. Talbert, 'Granicus (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/511260> [accessed: 26 April 2025]
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