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ID: 5004281
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/5004281
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kalydon (deserted settlement)  Kalydon (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 38 22 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 38.3667  decimal degrees
Long: 021 32 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 21.5333  decimal degrees

Note: Was strongly fortified ancient city of Aitolia located on N coast of gulf of Patras, on S ridges of Mount Arakynthos; in the Iliad it was the site of Herakles' battle with the river god Achelos & of hunt for the Kalydonian boar.

Names:
Kalydon (preferred,C,V)
Evinokhorion (C,V)
Evinokhórion (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
Calydon (H,V)
Kaldona (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Greece (nation)  ........  Greece (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Region of Western Greece (region (administrative division))  ............  Region of Western Greece (region (administrative division)) (P,U)
Hierarchy of Aetolia and Acarnania (regional division)  ................  Aetolia and Acarnania (regional division) (P)
Hierarchy of Kalydon (deserted settlement)  ....................  Kalydon (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  documented in Homer's Iliad, declined in Roman period & inhabitants were transferred to Nikopolis in 30 BC
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Calydon..........  [VP]
.................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Evinokhorion..........  [VP]
.......................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Evinokhórion..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Kaldona..........  [VP]
.................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Kalydon..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 433
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -817115
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 433
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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