Kainourgio/Thronium: Cem
| PK | C5247 |
| TITLE | Kainourgio∕Thronium: Cem |
| WGS84 | 38.775947° N, 22.711323° E |
| Accuracy | 10 m. |
| LAT/LON | 38.775947, 22.711323 |
| LON/LAT | 22.711323, 38.775947 |
| DMS | 38° 46' 33.4092" N | , | 22° 42' 40.7628" E |
| W3W | underarms, softest, deceiver |
| UTM | 34 S, 648657, 4293304 |
| EGSA87 | 387909, 4292415 |
| Elevation m | 118 |
| Elevation feet | 387.1 |
| Region | Locris |
| Subregion | Epiknemidia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Cem. Kramer-Hajos [2012], 90 '...Kainourgio, the location of a rich late Geometric cemetery.'2. Town. Iliad, 'These were they that dwelt in Cynus and Opus and Calliarus and Bessa and Scarphe and lovely Augeiae and Tarphe and Thronium about the streams of Boagrius.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Kramer-Hajos [2012]: 90, '...Geometric...'
NOTES
1. The location kindly supplied by Professor Alex Knodell (Carleton College).
2. It is not quite clear if this refers to one site or more.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Iliad: Homer. Iliad. The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924., 'Iliad 2.533.', Online here.
2. Kramer-Hajos [2012]: Kramer-Hajos, Margaretha. ‘The Land and the Heroes of Lokris in the "Iliad"’, Journal of Hellenic Studies (132), pp. 97-195, 2012., '', pg. 90.
Kramer-Hajos says (90) 'A Hellenistic inscription locates this capital of Epiknemidian Lokrians at Palaiokastro eis ta Marmara, ... near Kainourgio, the location of a rich late Geometric cemetery.' Palaikastro eis ta Marmara is ancient Thronion here: 38.776338, 22.710741. Pritchett [1982] gives the locational details for ancient Thronion on 152 ff.
Online here.
3. Pritchett [1982]: Pritchett, W. Kendrick. Studies in Ancient Greek Topography; Part IV (Passes). University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, 1982., '', pg. 152.
4. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Thronion (Il. 2.533)', pg. 234.
Online here.