Dystos ( ;
Latin
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: ''Dystus'') is the name of a lake, village and former municipality in
Euboea
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,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Kymi-Aliveri, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 162.431 km
2.
The seat of the municipality was
Krieza.
History
The ancient town ''Dystus'' was mentioned by the 4th century BCE historian
Theopompus
Theopompus (, ''Theópompos''; 380 BC 315 BC) was an ancient Greek historian and rhetorician who was a student of Isocrates.
Biography
Early life and education
Theopompus was born on the Aegean island of Chios in 378 or 377 BCE. In his ear ...
.
It is thought to have been founded by the
Dryopians.
[DYSTOS Euboia, Greece]
entry in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. The site of the ancient town is .
During the 1950s, the power corporation of Greece established a steam power plant close to the lake Dystos at the city of
Aliveri
Aliveri () is a town and a community in the island of Evvoia, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit Tamyneoi, and the seat of the municipality Kymi-Aliveri. Aliveri is situated in the central part of the island, on the South Euboean Gulf. I ...
. That power plant used lake water for the cooling system.
Historical population
References
External links
Δήμος Δυστίων της Ευβοίας
{{Kymi-Aliveri div
Populated places in Euboea
Kymi-Aliveri