Caresus
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Caresus or Karesos (Ancient Greek: Κάρησος) was a town of the ancient Troad, on a river of the same name, in a mountainous tract called the Caresene. It was ruined before Strabo's time.[1]
Its site is unlocated.
References
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 602. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Caresene". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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