Caresus or Karesos ( grc, Κάρησος) was a town of the
ancient Troad
The Troad ( or ; el, Τρωάδα, ''Troáda'') or Troas (; grc, Τρῳάς, ''Trōiás'' or , ''Trōïás'') is a historical region in northwestern Anatolia. It corresponds with the Biga Peninsula ( Turkish: ''Biga Yarımadası'') in the Ç ...
, on a
river of the same name, in a mountainous tract called the
Caresene. It was ruined before
Strabo's time.
Its site is unlocated.
References
Populated places in ancient Troad
Former populated places in Turkey
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