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Carystus (Laconia)

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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.[1][2][3] William Martin Leake, a 19th-century explorer and classicist, supposed that Carystus stood at the site known as "Huts of Giorgitzes" (Καλύβια Γιωργίτζη),[4] but modern scholars treat its site as unlocated.[5]

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  1. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. x. p.446. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ^ Athen. 1.31d
  3. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  4. ^ William Martin Leake, Peloponnesiaca, pp. 350, 366.
  5. ^ 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 domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Carystus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.