Carystus
Carystus (
History
Persian War
In 490 BC during the Greco-Persian Wars a Persian Admiral named Datis laid siege to Carystus. Datis began the siege by destroying the crops around the city. His army of 80,000 soldiers with 200 triremes overwhelmed Carystus, causing it to surrender.[7][8][9]
Soon after the Battle of Salamis the Athenian fleet led by Themistocles extorted money from the city.[10]
Soon afterward Carystus refused to join the
Further history
The Carystians fought on the side of the Athenians in the Lamian War.[12] They espoused the side of the Romans in the war against Philip V of Macedon.[13][14]
Carystus was chiefly celebrated for its marble, which was in much request at Rome.
Christian bishopric
As an
No longer a residential bishopric, Carystus is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[20]
Notable people
- Antigonus (3rd century BC), writer
- Apollodorus (3rd century BC), comic playwright
- Diocles (4th century BC), physician
- Glaucus (6th century BC), boxer
See also
References
- ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.539.
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 7.57.
- ^ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 4.37.
- ^ Scymn. 576.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Eustath. ad Hom. 2.539
- ISBN 978-052-091-706-4.
- ISBN 978-160-384-679-0.
- ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 6.99.
- ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 8.112.
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 1.98.
- ^ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 18.11.
- Ab urbe condita Libri[History of Rome]. Vol. 32.17.
- ^ Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 18.30.
- ^ a b Strabo. Geographica. Vol. x. p.446. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.12.21, 36.6.7.
- ^ λίθος Καρύστιος, Plutarch de Def. Orac. p. 707; Apoll. Dysc. Hist. Mirab. 36.
- ^ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. II, coll. 197-198
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 430
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 859
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Carystus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
Bibliography
- Groot, M. (2014). "Burned Offerings and Sacrificial Meal in Geometric and Archaic Karystos: Faunal Remains from Plakari (2011–2012)". Pharos. 20 (2): 25–52.
- Keller, D. R. (1985). Archaeological Survey in Southern Euboia, Greece: A Reconstruction of Human Activity from Neolithic Times through the Byzantine Period (PhD). University of Indiana.