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ID: 7018211
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7018211
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Crisa (deserted settlement)  Crisa (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 38 28 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 38.4660  decimal degrees
Long: 022 28 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 22.4660  decimal degrees

Note: Was an ancient city of Phocis, between Delphi & Gulf of Corinth; became a powerful city-state that gave its name to the Crissaean plain and the Crissaen gulf. Was destroyed by the religious league Amphictyonic Council in First Sacred War ca. 590 BCE; the town of Amphissa attempted to rebuild it in 339 BCE, causing Fourth Sacred War.

Names:
Crisa (preferred,C,V,S)
Hriso (C,V)
Chrisso (C,V)
Krisa (H,V)
Crissa (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 Central Greece (region (administrative division))  ............  Region of Central Greece (region (administrative division)) (P,U)
Hierarchy of Phocis (regional division)  ................  Phocis (regional division) (P)
Hierarchy of Crisa (deserted settlement)  ....................  Crisa (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  was destroyed in 6th cen. BC
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)
city (H)

Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....  Khrisón .......... (inhabited place)
..............................  (World, Europe, Greece, Region of Central Greece, Fokís regional division) [7229826]

Sources and Contributors:
Chrisso..........  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Crisa..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 211
Crissa..........  [VP]
.................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Hriso..........  [VP]
..............  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Krisa..........  [VP]
..............  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 211
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Canby, Historic Places (1984)

 

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