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EVRYMENES (Ancient city) IOANNINA
An early and important city (EphArch [1956] 1f; D.S. 19.88), most
probably identified with the largest site in the plain of Ioannina, a craggy limestone
ridge called Kastritsa on the S side of the Lake of Ioannina. It was defended
by a massive circuit wall ca. 3000 m long and was densely inhabited. The fortifications
were extended at various periods and include gateways and towers of different
kinds. It stands at a nodal point in the communications of Epeiros. The area has
yielded Prehistoric, Classical, and Hellenistic pottery.
N.G.L. Hammond, 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.
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