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Calliarus

Greece

Calliarus or Kalliaros was a town in Eastern Locris mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships of the Iliad. 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. According to Greek mythology, the town's eponymous founder was Kalliaros, a son of Laonome and Hodoedocus. Its site is tentative located near Skala Atalantis.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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