Koryphas

settlement · 330 BC – 640 AD

Koryphas was a coastal settlement of Aeolis, located opposite Lesbos. The Mytilenaeans founded the settlement. Pliny the Elder mentions the site three times, including it in a comparative discussion of the quality of oysters sourced from various places in the Roman world.

Coordinates

39.35593, 26.78298

Also known as

Corifanio (la), Corifanio (la), Coryphas oppidum (la), Coryphas oppidum (la)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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