Karystos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Maija Gierhart, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
May 27, 2022 11:01 AM
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History
Karystos was a Greek polis located on the south coast of Euboea. It is included in Homer's "catalogue of ships" in the Iliad and its name is also thought to be attested in Linear B documents.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/570336
38.016541, 24.420381
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 64 (750 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Karystos member of Delian League (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Karystos part of (physical/topographic) Euboea (island) (unspecified date range)
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settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 G1 Karystos
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: settlement and marble quarries in Euboea
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Maija Gierhart, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Karystos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/570336> [accessed: 25 April 2025]
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