Narycus, also called Narykos, Naryx, Naryca or Narycium, was a town of the Opuntian Locrians in ancient Greece, remembered in tradition as the birthplace of the hero Ajax, son of Oileus, whom the poet Ovid described as a hero of Narycus. Historical events at the town are recorded in 395 BC and 352 BC, and its site is identified near the modern village of Rengini in Greece. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Latitude38.723552 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Narycus (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 38.723552, longitude 22.691209
2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 38.7236,22.6912
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 298.0
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 38.75, 22.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 38.75, 22.75
38.75 22.75 Csa
4. GeoNames: Rengínion - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 254361, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.69 km)Quote, cities500 record 254361, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.69 km)
38.71957 22.71001 P PPL GR ESYE24 29 9163 577 179 Europe/Athens
Narycus (Wikipedia)
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Narycus or Narykos (Ancient Greek: Νάρυκος), or Naryx (Νάρυξ), or Naryca or Naryka (Νάρυκα), or Narycium, was a town of the Opuntian Locrians, the reputed birthplace of Ajax, son of Oileus, who is hence called by Ovid "Narycius heros".
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