Cressa (Caria)

Cressa or Kressa (Ancient Greek: Κρῆσσα) was a town on the coast of ancient Caria, which Pliny the Elder calls Cressa Portus, and places 20 M.P. from Rhodus.^[1] It is also mentioned by Ptolemy.^[2] Writing in the 19th century, William Martin Leake stated "that the excellent harbour of Cressa is now called Aplothíka by the Greeks, and Porto Cavaliere by the Italians; and on its western shore are the ruins of a Hellenic fortress and town, which are undoubtedly those of Loryma."^[3]

References

1. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.27.
2. Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.2.
3. William Martin Leake, Asia Minor, p. 222.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cressa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.