Buruncuk

settlement · 750 BC – 2100 AD

An ancient city was located near modern Buruncuk, 28 km north of Smyrna (modern Izmir) in Turkey. Some scholars identify it as the "Pelasgian" Laris(s)a in Aeolis mentioned by Homer, Xenophon, Herodotus, and Strabo, but that identification is disputed.

Coordinates

38.68907, 27.03341

Also known as

Laris(s)a? (en), Laris(s)a? (en), Larisa (grc), Larisa Phrikonis (grc), Larissa (grc), Λάρισα (grc), Λάρισα Φρικωνίς (grc), Λάρισσα (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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