Thorikos

Thorikos or Thoricus was a city, and later a deme in the southern portion of ancient Attica, one of the twelve original settlements that were united in the synoikismos attributed to Theseus to form Archaic Athens.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 15 metres (49 feet)
  • Description: ancient Athenian deme
  • Also known as
    “Thoricus”
    “Thorikon”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Theatre of Thorikos and Archaeological Museum of Lavrio.
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The , situated north of , was…
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is situated 2½ km south of Thorikos.
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Mineralogical Museum of Lavrion is a … is situated 2½ km south of Thorikos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lavrio and Agios Konstantinos.
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is a town in the southeastern part of …
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is a village and a former community in , . is situated 3½ km west of Thorikos.
Kato is a settlement in Southeastern … is situated 6 km south of Thorikos.

Thorikos

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Latitude
37.73779° or 37° 44′ 16″ north
Longitude
24.05389° or 24° 3′ 14″ east
Open location code
8G96P3Q3+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5888420988
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7324093
Wiki­data ID
Q353184

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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Turkish—“Thorikos” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Thorikos”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Θορικος”
  • Azerbaijani: “Forik”
  • Catalan: “Theriko”
  • Catalan: “Tòricos”
  • Cebuano: “Thorikos (arkiyolohiyang dapit sa Gresya)”
  • Cebuano: “Thorikos”
  • Chinese: “索里科斯”
  • Chinese: “阿提卡托里科斯”
  • Dutch: “Thoricus”
  • Finnish: “Thorikos”
  • French: “Thoricus”
  • French: “Thorikós”
  • German: “Thorikos”
  • Greek: “Θορικό”
  • Greek: “Θορικός”
  • Italian: “Torico”
  • Japanese: “トリコス”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thorikos”
  • Norwegian: “Thorikos”
  • Russian: “Торик”
  • Russian: “Форик”
  • Russian: “Форикос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Torik”
  • Spanish: “Tórico”
  • Spanish: “Toricos”
  • Swedish: “Thorikos (fornlämning i Grekland)”
  • Swedish: “Thorikos”
  • Turkish: “Thorikos”

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