Kasthaneia

KASTHANEIA Thessaly, Greece.

Mentioned by Herodotos in the account of the storm that wrecked part of the Persian fleet on the E coast of the Magnesia peninsula. Locations both N and S of Cape Pori have been proposed, but the name is probably correctly assigned to an acropolis near Keramidhi. The walls are preserved to a maximum height of seven courses.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Hdt. 7.188; A. Philippson, GL (1950) I 144,306; W. K. Pritchett in AJA 47 (1963) lfMI.

M. H. MC ALLISTER