Eleon
Eleon, or Heleon, was a town in ancient Boeotia, mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad in the same line with Hyle and Peteon. It is said by Strabo to have been one of the smaller places in the territory of Tanagra, and to have derived its name from its marshy situation.- Village with about 1,090 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 190 metres (630 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Σπαήδες”
- Description: village in Boeotia, Greece
- Postal code: 32200
- Also known as“Elaión”“Eleonas”“Spaïdhes”
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Eleon
- Category: locality
- Location
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Latitude
38.36355° or 38° 21′ 49″ north
Longitude
23.44334° or 23° 26′ 36″ east
Open location code
8GC59C7V+C8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Eleon” goes by many names.
إليونArabic
إليون، فويوتياArabic
EleóCatalan
EleónCebuano
EleonDutch
اليونEgyptian Arabic
EleónasFinnish
EleónasGreek
ΕλεώνGreek
Ελεών ΒοιωτίαςGreek
ΕλεώναςGreek
Ελεώνας ΘηβώνGreek
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