Carystus or Karystos (Ancient Greek: Κάρυστος) was a town in ancient Laconia, in the district Aegytis, near the frontiers of Laconia. Its wine was celebrated by the poet Alcman. William Martin Leake, a 19th-century explorer and classicist, supposed that Carystus stood at the site known as "Huts of Giorgitzes" (Καλύβια Γιωργίτζη), but modern scholars treat its site as unlocated.
References
- Strabo. Geographica. Vol. x. p.446. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- Athen. 1.31d
- Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- William Martin Leake, Peloponnesiaca, pp. 350, 366.
- Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Carystus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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