Geraestus or Geraistos (Ancient Greek: Γεραιστός)[1] was a town of ancient Euboea on a cape with the same name,[2] at the southeast extremity of the island.[3] It had a celebrated temple of Poseidon,[4] and at its foot there was a well-frequented port,[5] which seems to have been small, though Livy calls it "nobilis Euboeae portus."[6] It is mentioned by Homer in the Odyssey as one of the places where the ships of Nestor stopped on the way back from Troy to Pylos.[7]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Geraestus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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