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Calymna (Kalumna, Kalumna: Eth. Kalumnios: Kalimno), an island off
the coast of Caria between Leros and Cos. It appears to have been the principal
island of the group which Homer calls Calydnae (nesoi Kaludnai, Il. ii. 677):
the other islands were probably Leros, Telendos, Hypseremos (Hypsereisma) and
Plate. (Comp. Strab. x. p. 489.) Calymna is the correct orthography, since we
find it thus written on coins and inscriptions. (Bockh, Inscr. No. 2671.) This
form also occurs in Scylax, Strabo, Ovid, Suidas, and the Etymologicum Magnum;
but out of respect for Homer, whose authority was deemed paramount, most of the
ancient writers call the island Calydna, and some were even led into the, error
of making two different islands, Calydna and Calymna. (Plin. iv. 12. s. 23; Steph.
B, s. vv.)
The island was originally inhabited by Carians, and was afterwards
colonised by Thessalian Aeolians or Dorians under Heraclid leaders. It also received
an additional colony of Argives, who are said to have been shipwrecked on the
island after the Trojan war. (Diod. v. 54; Hom. Il. ii. 675.) At the time of the
Persian war it was subject to Artemisia of Halicarnassus, together with the neighbouring
islands of Cos. and Nisyrus. (Herod. vii. 99.)
Calymna is an island of some size, and contains at present 7000 inhabitants.
A full account of it, together with a map, is given by Ross in the work cited
below. The description of Ovid (de Art. Am. ii. 81) - silvis umbrosa Calymne -
does not apply to the present condition of the island, and was probably equally
inapplicable in antiquity; since the island is mountainous and bare. It produces
figs, wine, barley, oil, and excellent honey; for the latter it was also celebrated
in antiquity. (Fecundaque melle Calymne, Ov. Met. viii. 222; Strab. l. c.)
With respect to the ancient towns, Pliny in one passage (iv. 12. s.
23) mentions only one town, Coos; but in another (v. 31. s. 36) he mentions three,
Notium, Nisyrus, Mendeterus. The principal ancient remains are found in the valley
above the harbour Linaria on the western side of the island; but Ross found no
inscriptions recording the name of the town. The chief ruins are those of a great
church tou Christou tes Hierousalem, built upon the site of an ancient temple
of Apollo, of which, there are still remains. Stephanus (s. v. Kaludna) speaks
of Apollo Calydneus. South of the town there is a plain still called Argos, as
in the island of Casus. (Ross, Reisen auf den Griechischen, Inseln, vol. ii. p.
92, seq., vol. iii. p. 139.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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An island situated to the N of Kos. Kalymnos was settled by Dorians. Together with the adjacent islands it appears in the Catalogue of Ships of the Iliad (2.676-77). After the Persian Wars it became an Athenian ally. Before the end of the 3d c. B.C. it was annexed to Kos, to constitute a deme. Numerous ancient sites testify to its importance in antiquity. The main centers of occupation in Classical times seem to have flourished at Vathy. At Embolas, to the N of the valley of Vathy, is preserved a circuit wall belonging to a town. A Hellenistic tower known as Phylakai is to the SE. The crag of Kastellas is protected by a Hellenistic (?) rubble wall. At Pothaia to the S a sanctuary may have existed. An Ionic Temple of Apollo has been investigated at Christos tes Jerousalem. The cult goes back to the archaic period. A cemetery with chamber tombs has been located at Damos. Sykia, on the W side of the island, has limestone quarries. On the N, in the area between Emporion and Argeinonta, various remains have been reported, such as pottery, coins, and tombs.
D. Schilardi, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Oct 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
ΤΕΛΕΝΔΟΣ (Νησί) ΚΑΛΥΜΝΟΣ
A small island located to the W of Kalymnos. The narrow strait between
the two islands must have served as anchorage in ancient times. A tentative theory
suggests that the deme-center of Panormos, a deme of Kalymnos, lay on Telendos,
but we lack evidence. Ruins of a Hellenic fort have been observed in the N part
of the island. On the E side there is a badly preserved rock-cut theater. Other
ruins of Roman and later times are evident throughout Telendos.
D. Sshilardi, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
Η Κάλυμνος είναι γνωστή ως το νησί των σφουγγαράδων, αφού εκεί άκμασε
μεγάλος σπoγγαλιευτικός στόλος. Μεγάλο μέρος του πληθυσμού εξακολουθεί να ασχολείται
με την σπογγαλιεία. Η σημερινή πρωτεύουσα άρχισε να κτίζεται γύρω στο 1850 όταν
εγκαταστάθηκαν οι κάτοικοι της παλιάς πρωτεύουσας, του Χωριού,
το οποίο βρίσκεται στους πρόποδες κάστρου χτισμένου από τους Ιωαννίτες Ιππότες.
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