Calliarus

{{Short description|Town in Eastern Locris mentioned by Homer}} '''Calliarus''' or '''Kalliaros''' ({{langx|grc|Καλλίαρος}})<ref>{{Cite Stephanus|''s.v.''}}</ref> was a town in Eastern Locris mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships of the ''Iliad''.<ref>{{Cite Iliad|2.531}}</ref> It was uninhabited in Strabo's time, but its name was still attached to a tract of ground on account of the fertility of the latter.<ref>{{Cite Strabo|9.4.5}}</ref> According to Greek mythology, the town's eponymous founder was Kalliaros, a son of Laonome and Hodoedocus.<ref>{{cite book|title=Estrabón, ''Geografía'' libros VIII-X|page= 336, n. 530|author=Juan José Torres Esbarranch|language=Spanish|place=Madrid|publisher=Gredos|year=2001|isbn= 84-249-2298-0}}</ref>

Its site is tentative located near Skala Atalantis.<ref>{{Barrington Atlas|page=55}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|29367}}</ref>

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Category:Populated places in Opuntian Locris Category:Former populated places in Greece Category:Places in the Iliad