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|wketx=[[Carystus]] (/kəˈrɪstəs/; Greek: Κάρυστος, near modern Karystos) was a polis (city-state) on ancient Euboea. It was situated on the south coast of the island, at the foot of Mount Oche. It is mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad, as controlled by the Abantes. The name also appears in the Linear B tablets as "ka-ru-to" (identified as Carystus). Thucydides writes that the town was founded by Dryopes. Its name was derived from Carystus, the son of Cheiron. | |||
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|auten=a [[town]] at the [[southern]] [[extremity]] of [[Euboea]], Il. 2.539†. | |auten=a [[town]] at the [[southern]] [[extremity]] of [[Euboea]], Il. 2.539†. | ||
Revision as of 05:28, 9 May 2023
Wikipedia EN
Carystus (/kəˈrɪstəs/; Greek: Κάρυστος, near modern Karystos) was a polis (city-state) on ancient Euboea. It was situated on the south coast of the island, at the foot of Mount Oche. It is mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad, as controlled by the Abantes. The name also appears in the Linear B tablets as "ka-ru-to" (identified as Carystus). Thucydides writes that the town was founded by Dryopes. Its name was derived from Carystus, the son of Cheiron.
English (Autenrieth)
a town at the southern extremity of Euboea, Il. 2.539†.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Κάρυστος: (ᾰ) ἡ Карист (город на южн. берегу Эвбеи, получивший, по преданию, свое название от Кариста, сына Хирона) Hom., Her.
