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The site of a Sanctuary of Poseidon, near Platanistos in the S part of the region. The name was also used for the cape, now called Mandeli, and a harbor 3 km to its N at Porte Kastri. As the only good harbor on the S coast, the town was visited by merchant ships throughout antiquity. The sanctuary, of pre-Hellenic origin, is mentioned by Homer and Strabo. Bursian and others have located it at Helleniko 5 km N of the harbor, as no remains have been found at Porto Kastri, though Geyer thought the cape itself would be a more appropriate location. Bursian found a terrace with traces of walls around the remains of a white marble temple, and cited an inscription mentioning Artemis Bolosia.
M. H. Mc Allister, 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.
Total results: 36 Geraestus, 21 Geraistos
(Geraistos). A promontory and harbour at the southern extremity of Euboea, with a celebrated temple of Poseidon.
Geraistos: Eth. Geraistios. A promontory of Euboea, forming the south-west extremity
of the island, now called Cape Mandili. There was a town on this cape, with a
celebrated temple of Poseidon, and at its foot there was a well-frequented port,
which seems to have been small, though Livy, as Leake observes, calls it nobilis
Euboeae portus.
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