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39°35′25″N 22°55′13″E / 39.5904°N 22.9204°E / 39.5904; 22.9204

Map showing ancient Thessaly. Casthanaea is shown on the coast of Magnesia.

Casthanaea or Casthanea or Kasthanaia or Kasthaneia (Template:Lang-gr)^[1] or Castanea or Kastanaia (Κασταναία)^[2] was a town and polis (city-state)^[3] of Ancient Magnesia, at the foot of Mount Pelium, with a temple of Aphrodite Casthanitis. It is mentioned by Herodotus in his account of the terrible storm which the fleet of Xerxes I experienced off this part of the coast.^[4] It was from this town that the chestnut tree, which still abounds on the eastern side of Mt. Pelium, derived its name in Greek and the modern languages of Europe.^[5]^[6] Its location is at the modern village of Keramidi.^[7]^[8]

References

^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. Strab. ix. pp.438, 443. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 719. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 7.183, 184, 188.
^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.9.16.
^ "Essai monographique sur le châtaignier", Édouard Lamy, 1860 p.4.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ 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). "Casthanaea". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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[1] Strabo. Geographica. Vol. Strab. ix. pp.438, 443. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

[2] Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.

[Poleis-3] Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 719. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.

[4] Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 7.183, 184, 188.

[5] Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.9.16.

[6] "Essai monographique sur le châtaignier", Édouard Lamy, 1860 p.4.

[7] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

[8] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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+'''Casthanaea''' or '''Casthanea''' or '''Kasthanaia''' or '''Kasthaneia''' ({{lang-gr|Κασθαναία}})<ref>{{cite Strabo|Strab. ix. pp.438, 443.}}</ref> or '''Castanea''' or '''Kastanaia''' (Κασταναία)<ref>{{Cite Stephanus|''s.v.''}}</ref> was a town and [[polis]] (city-state)<ref name=Poleis>{{cite book|author= Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen |title= An inventory of archaic and classical poleis|year= 2004|publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|location=New York|isbn= 0-19-814099-1|chapter= Thessaly and Adjacent Regions|page= 719}}</ref> of [[Ancient Magnesia]], at the foot of [[Mount Pelium]], with a temple of [[Aphrodite]] Casthanitis. It is mentioned by [[Herodotus]] in his account of the terrible storm which the fleet of [[Xerxes I]] experienced off this part of the coast.<ref>{{Cite Herodotus|7.183, 184, 188.}}</ref> It was from this town that the chestnut tree, which still abounds on the eastern side of Mt. Pelium, derived its name in Greek and the modern languages of Europe.<ref>{{Cite Pliny|4.9.16.}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=TGIaAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false "Essai monographique sur le châtaignier", Édouard Lamy, 1860 p.4].</ref> Its location is at the modern village of [[Keramidi]].<ref>{{Cite Barrington|55}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|29372}}</ref>
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