Pontinos (mountain)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Feb 17, 2019 11:31 AM
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History
A mountain peak mentioned by Pausanias whose precise identity and location can not be determined today. Pausanias places it in Argolis, above Lerna and reports that a ruined sanctuary of Athena Saitis was to be found at its summit in his day.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/573475
37.5866216573, 22.8185917055
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- Ποντῖνος (Pontinos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Pontinos M. (unspecified date range)
- Pontinos (mountain) part of (regional) Argolis (modern)
- Pontinos (mountain) located near Lerna (30 BC - AD 300)
- Pontinos (mountain) flows into Pontinos (river) (30 BC - AD 300)
- Pontinos (mountain) bounds Sacred Grove near Mount Pontinos (30 BC - AD 300)
- Sanctuary of Athena Saitis part of (physical/topographic) Pontinos (mountain) (750 BC - 550 BC)
unlocated, mountain
- Evidence:
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 Pontinos M.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Argolis: above Lerna
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Pontinos (mountain): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/573475> [accessed: 25 April 2025]
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