Carene (Mysia)

Carene or Karene (Ancient Greek: Καρήνη),[1] also known as Carine or Karine (Καρίνη), was a town of ancient Mysia. The army of Xerxes I, on the route from Sardis to the Hellespont, marched from the Caicus through the Atarneus to Carene; and from Carene through the plain of Thebe, passing by Adramyttium and Antandrus.[2] Carene is mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium,[1] and also mentioned in a fragment of Ephorus as having sent some settlers to Ephesus, after the Ephesians had sustained a defeat from the people of Priene.[3]

Its site is tentatively located near Assar Kaya/Tasağıl, Asiatic Turkey.[4][5]

References

1. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
2. Herodotus. Histories. 7.42.1.
3. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v. Βέννα.
4. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying.
5. 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). "Carene". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.