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|name = Karystos | |||
|image = Karystos, Abantis Islands.PNG | |||
|state = [[Greece]] | |||
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'''Karystos Dock''' (Ancient Greek: Κάρυστος) was a ''[[polis]]'' located on the [[Greece|Greek]] island of [[Euboea]]. In classical antiquity, it was located in the [[Mount Ochi]] region of [[Abantis Islands]] | |||
The city served as an important meeting point of shipping routes linking the [[Gulf of Euboea]] and the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]] archipelago. During the [[Greco-Persian Wars]], the city-state joined the [[Achaemenid Empire]] against the Greek alliance. | The city served as an important meeting point of shipping routes linking the [[Gulf of Euboea]] and the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]] archipelago. During the [[Greco-Persian Wars]], the city-state joined the [[Achaemenid Empire]] against the Greek alliance. | ||
Revision as of 22:46, 26 February 2019
Karystos Dock (Ancient Greek: Κάρυστος) was a polis located on the Greek island of Euboea. In classical antiquity, it was located in the Mount Ochi region of Abantis Islands
The city served as an important meeting point of shipping routes linking the Gulf of Euboea and the Aegean archipelago. During the Greco-Persian Wars, the city-state joined the Achaemenid Empire against the Greek alliance.
During the Peloponnesian War the city and its dock was visited by the Spartan misthios Kassandra.[1]