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Κάρυστος

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

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.