Arethusa, also spelled Arethousa, was a town of Bisaltia, in the easternmost part of the region of Mygdonia in ancient Macedonia, situated in the pass of Aulon north of Stageira and near Lake Bolbe and the Rhechius river. It was probably founded as a colony by the Chalcidians of Euboea and was celebrated in antiquity as the site of the tomb of the playwright Euripides; its location is identified near the modern town of Rentina, in the Thessaloniki region of Greece.
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Latitude40.656639 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Arethusa (Mygdonia) (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 40.656639, longitude 23.622889
2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 40.6566,23.6229
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 78.0
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.75, 23.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.75, 23.75
40.75 23.75 Cfa
4. GeoNames: Rentína - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 734410, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.17 km)Quote, cities500 record 734410, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.17 km)
40.66133 23.61042 P PPL GR ESYE12 13 9027 504 51 Europe/Athens
Arethusa (Mygdonia) (Wikipedia)
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Arethusa or Arethousa (Ancient Greek: Ἀρέθουσα) was a town of Bisaltia (or of easternmost Mygdonia) in ancient Macedonia, in the pass of Aulon, north of Stageira, near to Bolbe Lake, Rhechius river and a little north of Bromiscus, and celebrated for containing the sepulchre of Euripides.
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