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Calliarus

Coordinates: 38°40′24″N 23°03′48″E / 38.673354°N 23.063388°E / 38.673354; 23.063388
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Calliarus or Kalliaros (Ancient Greek: Καλλίαρος)[1] was a town in Eastern Locris mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships of the Iliad.[2] It was uninhabited in Strabo's time, but its name was still attached to a tract of ground on account of the fertility of the latter.[3] According to Greek mythology, the town's eponymous founder was Kalliaros, a son of Laonome and Hodoedocus.[4]

Its site is tentative located near Skala Atalantis.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.531.
  3. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 9.4.5. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  4. ^ Juan José Torres Esbarranch (2001). Estrabón, Geografía libros VIII-X (in Spanish). Madrid: Gredos. p. 336, n. 530. ISBN 84-249-2298-0.
  5. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  6. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Calliarus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

38°40′24″N 23°03′48″E / 38.673354°N 23.063388°E / 38.673354; 23.063388