Cremaste

For the town of ancient Thessaly, see Larissa Cremaste. For the region of Turkey formerly called Cremaste, see Mustafakemalpaşa.

Cremaste or Kremaste (Ancient Greek: Κρεμαστή) was a town in ancient Troad.[1] Xenophon speaks of the town and the plain nearby "where there are the gold mines of the Abydeni."[2] Strabo mentions the gold mines of Astyra which town is nearby. Gold mines belonging to Lampsacus are mentioned by Pliny the Elder[3] and by Polyaenus;[4] and they may be the same as those of Cremaste, as the town was generally between Abydus and Lampsacus.

Its site is located near Sarıbeyle, Asiatic Turkey.[1][5]

References

1. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
2. Xenophon. Hellenica. Vol. 4.8.37.
3. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 37.11.
4. Polyaenus, 2.1.26.
5. 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). "Cremaste". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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