Chios (Ancient Greek: Χίος) was a town of ancient Caria. It was a member of the Delian League since it appears in tribute records of Athens in 454/3, 448/7, and 447/6 BCE, paying a phoros of 2000 drachmae. It is also mentioned in a tribute decree of Athens dated to 425/4 BCE.
Its site is unlocated but on the Datça peninsula.
References
- Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Karia". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 1114. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
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