Cremaste

Cremaste or Kremaste (Ancient Greek: Κρεμαστή) was a town in ancient Troad.[1] Xenophon speaks of the town and the plain nearby "where there are the gold mines of the Abydeni."[2] Strabo mentions the gold mines of Astyra which town is nearby. Gold mines belonging to Lampsacus are mentioned by Pliny the Elder[3] and by Polyaenus;[4] and they may be the same as those of Cremaste, as the town was generally between Abydus and Lampsacus.

For the town of ancient Thessaly, see Larissa Cremaste. For the region of Turkey formerly called Cremaste, see Mustafakemalpaşa.

Its site is located near Sarıbeyle, Asiatic Turkey.[1][5]

References
  1. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying.
  2. Xenophon. Hellenica. 4.8.37.
  3. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 37.11.
  4. Polyaenus, 2.1.26.
  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). "Cremaste". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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