Spercheios

natural · 750 BC – 2100 AD

A river of central Greece that rises in the Tymfristos mountains. Today, it empties into the Malian Gulf some 14km east of its ancient mouth (BAtlas 55 C3 Spercheios fl.).

Coordinates

38.90399, 22.20913

Also known as

Alemanna (el), Elládha, Ellada, Hellada (el), Σπερχειός (grc), Ἀλεμάννα (el), Ἑλλάδα (el)

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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