Asopos
The Asopos is a river in Boeotia and northern Attica, Greece. In antiquity, it formed the border between the cities of Thebes and Plataea. The Battle of Plataea was fought on its banks.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Boeotia and northern Attica, Greece
- Also known as: “Asopos Potamos”, “Oropo”, “Vouryénis”, and “Асоп”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chalkoutsi and Oropos.
Oropos
Village
Sykamino
Village
Asopos
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Oropos, East Attica, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.33368° or 38° 20′ 1″ north
Longitude
23.74193° or 23° 44′ 31″ east
Open location code
8GC58PMR+FQ
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Asopos” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀσωπός”
- Asturian: “Ríu Asopos”
- Catalan: “Asop de Beòcia”
- Cebuano: “Asopós Potamós”
- Chinese: “阿索波斯”
- Finnish: “Asopós”
- French: “Asopos”
- French: “Asopós”
- German: “Asopos”
- Greek: “Ασωπός”
- Ido: “Rivero Asopos (Beotia)”
- Ido: “Rivero Asopos”
- Irish: “Asopos”
- Italian: “Asopo”
- Japanese: “アソポス川”
- Latin: “Asopus”
- Low German: “Asopos”
- Mainfränkisch: “Asopos”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Asopos”
- Polish: “Asopos”
- Russian: “Асопос”
- Slovenian: “Asop”
- Swedish: “Asopós Potamós”
- Turkish: “Asopos”
- Turkish: “Asopoz”
- Ukrainian: “Асопос”
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Places to explore: Platania Oropou and Platánia.
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