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
  1. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying.
  2. Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). 5.62.3–4.
  3. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.



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