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Ceressus
(116 words)

[German version]

(Κερησσός; Kerēssós). Fortress in Boeotia near Thespiae, its localization disputed [1]. According to tradition, the citizens of Thespiae retreated twice to C.: in the 6th cent. BC prior to the battle of C. in the Thessalian-Boeotian war [2], and again in 371 BC in the war between the secessionist citizens of Thespiae and the Boeotians [3]. Source references: Plut. Camillus 19,138a; Plut. Mor. 866f; Paus. 9,14,1-4.

Bibliography

1 R. J. Buck, The Site of Ceressus, in: Teiresias, Suppl. 1, 1972, 31-40

2 M. Sordi, La battaglia di Ceresso e…

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Freitag, Klaus (Münster), “Ceressus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 09 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e613050>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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