Castabus
Castabus or Kastabos (Ancient Greek: Κάσταβος) was a town of ancient Caria.[1] Diodorus says Hemithea was carried off by Apollo and deified at Castabus.[2] There was a temple of that goddess there in antiquity.[1]
Its site is located near Pazarlık, Asiatic Turkey.[1][3]
References
- Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying.
- Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). 5.62.3–4.
- Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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