Caprus or Kapros (Ancient Greek: Κάπρος), was a town of Chalcidice, in ancient Macedonia. It was the port of Stagira to the southwest of the Strymonian Gulf.[1][2]

The site of Caprus is near the modern Olympias.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vii. p.331. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ↑ Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 2.30.
  3. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51, and directory notes accompanying.
  4. ↑ 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). "Caprus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

40°35′32″N 23°46′48″E / 40.59221°N 23.780104°E / 40.59221; 23.780104


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