Calliarus

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. s.v.
  2. Homer. Iliad. 2.531.
  3. Strabo. Geographica. 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.
  6. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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


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