Sounion (Attica: settlement and deme)

settlement · 550 BC – 300 AD · location approximate

The fortified port settlement at Sounion, a coastal deme of Leontis, served the Athenian grain ships originating in Euboea and was the site of the sanctuary of Poseidon, among others.

Sounion (Attica: settlement and deme)
Coordinates
37.65209, 24.02629
Also known as
Akrotírio Soúnio, Akrotirio Sounio (el), Cape Colonna (en), Cape Colonna, Colonna (Cape) (en), Kolonnes (en), Kolonnes (en), Kávo Kolónes (el), Sounion (grc), Sounion Pr. (en), Sounion Pr. (en), Sounion akron (grc), Ákra Soúnio (el), Άκρα Σούνιο (el), Ακρωτήριο Σούνιο (el), Σούνιον (grc), Σούνιον ἄκρον (grc)
Dating
attested

Sources

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