Castabus or Kastabos (Ancient Greek: Κάσταβος) was a town of ancient Caria.[1] Diodorus says Hemithea was carried off by Apollo and deified at Castabus.[2] The city came under Rhodian control, as part of the Rhodian Peraia, no later than 300 BC.[3] In 1960, an ancient Greek sanctuary (1st century BC) dedicated to the demigod Hemithea was discovered near the city by the British archaeologists J.M. Cook and W.H. Plommer.[3][4] The sanctuary consists of a temple, a theatre and numerous houses.[3] The theatre follows the common typical layout of Greek theatres, with a wide koilon (auditorium) and a small scene-building.[3]

Its site is located near Pazarlık, Asiatic Turkey.[1][5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  2. ^ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 5.62.3–4.
  3. ^ a b c d Wilkening-Aumann, Christine (2015). "The Hellenistic Theatre in the Sanctuary of Hemithea at Kastabos (Asia Minor)". In Frederiksen, Rune; Gebhard, Elizabeth R.; Sokolicek, Alexander (eds.). The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre. Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-87-7124-996-5.
  4. ^ Cook, J. M., and W. H. Plommer. "The shrine of a Greek demi-goddess revealed on the coast of Asia Minor: The 2400-year-old Temple of Hemithea, near Pazarlık." (1961): 750-751.
  5. ^ Bresson, Alain (1991). Recueil des inscriptions de la Pérée rhodienne: (Pérée intégrée) (in French). Presses Universitaires Franche-Comté. p. 3. ISBN 978-2-251-60445-9.
  6. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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