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ID: 7025565 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7025565			Record Type: administrative

Helike (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 38 13 09 N degrees minutes			Lat: 38.2190 decimal degrees
Long: 022 07 58 E degrees minutes			Long: 22.1320 decimal degrees

Note: Located near the Gulf of Corinth, near town of Aigion; was a Bronze Age settlement and Greek city located around 1 mile inland from the sea, though it was nearer the sea in antiquity; was destroyed by an earthquake followed by a tidal wave in 4th century BCE.

Names:

Helike (preferred,C,V)

Eliki (C,V)

Ἑλίκη (C,V,Greek,U)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Europe (continent) (P)

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Greece (nation) (P)

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Region of Western Greece (region (administrative division)) (P,U)

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Achaea (regional division) (P)

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Helike (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:

deserted settlement (preferred, C)	............	destroyed in earthquake of 373 BCE
archaeological site (C)	............	this site is believed to be the site of Helike, the ruins of which were documented by Pliny, Strabo and Ovid
submerged site (C)
inhabited place (H)
religious center (H)	............	center of worship for Poseidon, god of earthquakes and the sea
Bronze Age (H)

Sources and Contributors:

Ἑλίκη..........	[VP]
..............	City Swallowed, New York Times (2000)

Eliki..........	[VP]
..............	AATA database (1995-)

Helike..........	[VP Preferred]
.................	City Swallowed, New York Times (2000)

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	City Swallowed, New York Times (2000)


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	City Swallowed, New York Times (2000)

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