Polyrrenia

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Aug 21, 2017 05:27 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

Polyrrenia was an important ancient city of western Crete.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/590003

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
35.466785, 23.657098

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 14358 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Polyrrenia (750 BC - AD 640)
Ethnic Names:
- Πολυρρήνιοι (Polyrrhenioi: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Polyrrenia makes connections with:

Polyrrenia connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)

Polyrrenia receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

References:

Evidence:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 A2 Polyrrenia

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Epano Palaiokastro

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Suggested citation:
J. Bennet, G. Reger, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Polyrrenia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2017 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/590003> [accessed: 24 April 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/590003 |title=Places: 590003 (Polyrrenia) |author=Bennet, J., G. Reger |accessdate=April 24, 2025 10:37 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}