Aveo
- Ancient name
- Abydos
- Modern country
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 40.2, 26.41
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364373
Ancient Abydos was founded in the 7th century BCE at the narrowest point in the strait of the Dardanelles; it served as one of the main crossing points between Europe and Asia until the site's abandonment in the early 14th century due to regional instability. Campbell #1357; Georgios Leveniotis, Abydos of Hellespont and Its Region (2017).
The toponym Aveo appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P162
Variant spellings of Aveo in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| A[...] | Par2 |
| a[n]co | Ricc15 |
| ancho | Fn6 |
| Anco | Cap1, Marc2, NYPL2, Ricc17, Yale4 |
| archo | Fn12 |
| aucco | Pal5 |
| aucho | Laur5, Ricc13 |
| Auco | Ricc14 |
| Aueo | Ricc14 |
| aueo | Con1 |
| auro | BL02, Con1, He3, Med2, Pal8, Per2, Pnc5, Ricc15, Ricc8 |
| Auro | BL02, Clas2, Cors2, Morg, Parm2, Ricc9 |
| auto | Fn12 |
| av[...] | Par1 |
| aveo | Bal, Barb3, Barb4, Borg, Chig2, Con4, Fn6, Fn8, Fo, He1, He2, Magl2, Marc1, NB, NYPL3, New, Pal6, Pal8, Par4, Parm2, Pnc3, Ricc11, Ricc12, Ricc6, Ricc8, Ro2, Tre, Urb1 |
| Aveo | BL01, Clas2, Cors2, Fn9, Luc2, Med1, Ricc9, Vat3, Yale4 |
| aveo /avao | Tre |
| avero | ME2 |
| avico | Ricc13 |
| avro | Cs1, Laur3, Marc1 |
| ineo | Spe |
| tauro | ME2, Pad1 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Aveo.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/aveo/.