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Orkhomenós (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 43 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.7167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 022 18 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 22.3000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ruins near modern town of ; ancient city is listed in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad; upper city was abandoned by time of Romans; is site of ruins of wall, several temples and other structures. |
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| Orkhomenós (preferred,C,V)
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| Orchomenos (C,V)
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| Orchomenus (C,V)
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| Arcadian Orchomenus (C,V)
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| Ὀρχομενός ὁ Ἀρκαδικός (C,V)
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| Ὀρχομενός (C,V)
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Arkadhía (regional division) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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recorded in Homer's Iliad, upper city was abandoned by the time of Pausanias in 2nd cen. AD |
| town (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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Kalpákion .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Ellás, Pelopónnisos region, Argolís regional division) [7230616] |
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