Pyramos (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier
Contributors:
M. Ballance, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jun 29, 2022 10:03 AM
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History
The modern Ceyhan river in southern Turkey. Its modern mouth is well to the east of its ancient location, which was to the west of Magarsa and much inland from the modern coast.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/658576
37.1011007, 35.95261305
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Ceyhan (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM location of river course (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Pyramos (550 BC - AD 640)
- None
- Mallos/Antiochia ad Pyramum connection Pyramos (river) (unspecified date range)
- Mopsou(h)estia/Seleukeia pros to Pyramo connection Pyramos (river) (unspecified date range)
river, drainage
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 67 B3 Pyramos fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: river
T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier, M. Ballance, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Pyramos (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/658576> [accessed: 24 April 2025]
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