{{Short description|City of ancient Greece}} '''Cos''' or '''Kos''' ({{langx|grc|Κῶς}}) was a city of ancient Greece on the island of the same name.<ref name=Barrington/> In 366 BCE, the inhabitants of the town of Astypalaea abandoned their town to populate Cos.<ref>{{Cite Strabo|xiv. p. 658}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Stephanus|''s.v.'' Ἀστυπάλαια}}</ref> Cos was a member of the Dorian Pentapolis, whose sanctuary was on the Triopian promontory.<ref>{{Cite Herodotus|1.144}}</ref> Under the Athenian rule it had no walls, and it was first fortified by Alcibiades at the close of the Peloponnesian War.<ref>{{Cite Thucydides|8.108}}</ref> In subsequent times it shared the general fate of the neighbouring coasts and islands. Antoninus Pius rebuilt the city, after it had been destroyed by an earthquake.<ref>{{Cite Pausanias|8|43|1}} ''et seq.''</ref>
Its site is located near modern Kos.<ref name=Barrington>{{Barrington Atlas|page=61}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|22680}}</ref>
<gallery mode="packed" heights="160px"> File:The Abduction of Europa mosaic 2008.jpg|An Ancient Roman mosaic depicting the Abduction of Europa in the House of Europa in the Western Archaeological Zone of Kos town File:Kos Gymnasion 7.jpg|Ruins of the Ancient Gymnasion File:Kos Asklepeion.jpg|View of the Asclepeion File:Odeon of Kos 3.jpg|View of the ancient Odeon </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}} {{DGRG|title=Cos}}
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Category:Populated places in the ancient Aegean islands Category:Former populated places in Greece Category:Greek city-states Category:Ancient Greek cities Category:Cities in ancient Greece Category:Ancient Kos Category:360s BC establishments Category:Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Greece Category:Doric Hexapolis
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