Onchestos

settlement · 750 BC – 640 AD

Onchestos was located northwest of Thebes and was the site of an ancient cult of Poseidon. Prior to the Macedonian period the Boeotian confederacy met here.

Coordinates

38.37327, 23.15027

Also known as

Ὀγχηστὸς (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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