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Caudus

Coordinates: 34°52′05″N 24°04′44″E / 34.868173°N 24.078786°E / 34.868173; 24.078786
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Caudus or Kaudos (Ancient Greek: Καῦδος) was the principal town of Gavdos off ancient Crete.[1] The execution of Sotades by Patroclus, according to some interpretations, took place at or near the town.[2][3]

Suda writes that it was famous for the big onagers.[4]

Its site is tentatively located near modern Ag. Ioannis.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Crete". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 1146. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  2. ^ Hauben, Hans (2013). "Callicrates of Samos and Patroclus of Macedon, champions of Ptolemaic thalassocracy". In Buraselis, Kostas; Stefanou, Mary; Thompson, Dorothy J. (eds.). The Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile: Studies in Waterborne Power. Cambridge University Press. pp. 39–65. ISBN 9781107033351.
  3. ^ Launey, Marcel (1945). "Études d'histoire hellénistique, II: L'exécution de Sotades et l'expédition de Patroklos dans la mer Égée (266 av. J.-C.)". Revue des études anciennes (in French). 47: 33–45.
  4. ^ Suda, kappa, 1130
  5. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  6. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

34°52′05″N 24°04′44″E / 34.868173°N 24.078786°E / 34.868173; 24.078786