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Castle of Kalogeros; Ancient Nysa(?)

PK	C7269
TITLE	Castle of Kalogeros; Ancient Nysa(?)
WGS84	37.17096° N, 25.556902° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.17096, 25.556902
LON/LAT	25.556902, 37.17096

DMS

37° 10' 15.456" N

25° 33' 24.8472" E

W3W	compressed, datable, unwanted
UTM	35 S, 371883.17, 4114812.74
EGSA87	638073, 4114685

Elevation m	298
Elevation feet	977.7
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Naxos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Sfyroera [2018], 325    'Two other cities, named Nysa¹² and Tragia,¹³ are known through literary sources alone; archaeological remains of these settlements have not yet been discovered.¹⁴'. In footnote 14 we read: 'If this holds true, Nysa could probably be connected with the also medieval Kalogeros castle at Apollonas'
2.    Settlement.   Billerbeck [2014], 397    Stephanus' Greek text on preceding page. BIllerbeck's translation: '83. Nysa viele Städte. Ein erstes beim Helikon, ein zweites in Thrakien, ein drittes in Karien, Ein viertes in Arabien, ein fünftes in Ägypten, ein sechstes auf Naxos.'
3.    Settlement.   Sfyroera [2011], 110    '150. Νύσα ήταν το όνομα πόλεως στη Νάξο.'
4.    Settlement.   Hansen and Nielsen [2004], 761    'Steph. Byz. claims that on Naxos there was a polis named Νύσα (479.9) ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Roman: (753 BC - 395 AD)
    a.    Lambrinoudakis [2005]: 325, And earlier? From Lambrinoudakis [2005], p. 325, n. 12. He cites Aelius Herodianus (2nd c.) refering to Nysa on Naxos here: ' ... De prosodia catholica 3,1 266: 'Νῦσα πόλεις πολλαὶ, ... ἐν Νάξῳ, ...'

NOTE

1. The general idea is that there was, during antiquity, a city on Naxos named Νύσα. Sfyroera [2018] has suggested, even though there is no archaeological evidence, that it could have been located where the Venetian castle of Kalogeros (Monk's) castle is now. The rest is just testimonies from Herodian and Steph. Byz. For full notices see Sfyroera [2011], p. 110, no. 150.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Angliker and Tully [2018]: Angliker E and J. Tully (eds.). Cycladic Archaeology and Research. New approaches and discoveries. Oxford, Archaeopress, '',

2. Billerbeck [2014]: Billerbeck, Margarethe. Stephani Byzantii Ethnica; Volumen III: Κ-Ο. De Gruyter; Berolini et Bostoniae; MMXIV, '479, 7-8', pg. 397. Online here.

3. Hansen and Nielsen [2004]: Hansen, Mogens Herman and Thomas Heine Nielsen. An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford. 2004, '', pg. 761. Online here.

4. Sfyroera [2018]: Sfyroera, Alexandra S.. ‘Naxos, the largest Cycladic island with a single polis; A survey through ancient times’, In Angliker and Tully [2018], 325-338., ''Literary and epigraphic evidence', and in notes 12 and 14', pg. 325. Online here.

5. Sfyroera [2011]: Sfyroera, Alexandra S.. Νάξος; Συμβολές στην Αρχαιολογία και Ιστορία του νησιού από τη Γεωμετρική έως και την Αυτοκρατορική εποχή. ΔΙΔΑΚΤΟΡΙΚΗ ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΗ, ΑΘΕΝΑ, '150. Νύσα ήταν το όνομα πόλεως στη Νάξο.', pg. 110. Online here.