Karystos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors:
DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Maija Gierhart
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History
Karystos was a Greek polis located on the south coast of Euboea. It is included in Homer's "catalogue of ships" in the Iliad, and its name is also thought to be attested in Linear B documents. The ancient acropolis hill, which lies to the north of the modern coastal village, is now occupied by the remains of the Venetian "Castel Rosso".
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570336
38.0347996071, 24.431394121
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Castello Rosso - Kokkinókastro (AD 1300 - AD 1799) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Karystos member of Delian League (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Karystos part of (physical/topographic) Euboea (island) (unspecified date range)
- Marble Quarries at Karystos located near Karystos (unspecified date range)
fort, settlement
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 G1 Karystos
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: settlement and marble quarries in Euboea
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Maija Gierhart, 'Karystos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570336> [accessed: 17 January 2026]
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