Historical place profile
Koryphas
Koryphas was a coastal settlement of Aeolis, located opposite Lesbos. The Mytilenaeans founded the settlement. Pliny the Elder mentions the site three times, including it in a comparative discussion of the quality of oysters sourced from various places in the Roman world.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:550667
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:550667
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 39.355929, 26.782977
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Koryphas was a coastal settlement of Aeolis, located opposite Lesbos. The Mytilenaeans founded the settlement. Pliny the Elder mentions the site three times, including it in a comparative discussion of the quality of oysters sourced from various places in the Roman world.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 D3 Koryphas
Source and reuse
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Research path
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