Cales (river)
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Cales or Kales (Ancient Greek:), also Calles or Kalles (Κάλλης), was a river of ancient Bithynia. At its mouth was the town of Cales, located 120 stadia east of Elaeus.[1][2] This seems to be the river which Thucydides calls Calex (Κάληξ), at the mouth of which Lamachus lost his ships, which were anchored there, owing to a sudden rise of the river.[3] Thucydides places the Calex in the Heracleotis, which agrees very well with the position of the Cales. Lamachus and his troops were compelled to walk along the coast to Chalcedon.[3] Pliny the Elder mentions a river Alces in Bithynia, which it has been conjectured, may be a corruption of Calex.[4] It is identified with the modern Alaplı Su in Asiatic Turkey.[5]
References
- ↑ Template:Cite ArrianPPE
- ↑ Marcian of Heraclea, p. 70.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Template:Cite Thucydides
- ↑ Template:Cite Pliny
- ↑ Richard Talbert, ed (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 86, and directory notes accompanying..
[ ⚑ ] 41°10′43″N 31°22′55″E / 41.178489°N 31.381992°E
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