Eresos

settlement · 750 BC – 2099 AD

An ancient settlement on the island of Lesbos (modern Skala Eresou), reputed birthplace of the poet Sappho. Strabo describes it as being built on a hill (presumably the modern Vigla) and extending down to the sea.

Coordinates

39.13315, 25.93541

Also known as

Skala Eresou, Skála Eresoú (el), Σκάλα Ερεσού (el), Ἔρεσος (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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