Phaestus (Locris)

Phaestus or Phaestos or Phaistos (Ancient Greek: Φαιστός) was a town of the Ozolian Locrians, with a port called the port of Apollo Phaestius.[1]

The site of Phaestus is tentatively placed at Kisseli Panormos (38°22′22″N 22°14′56″E).[2][3]

References
  1. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.3.4.
  2. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.
  3. 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). "Phaestus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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