Astypalaea (Cos)

Astypalaea or Astypalaia (Ancient Greek: Ἀστυπάλαια), also known as Isthmus or Isthmos (Ἰσθμός), was a town of ancient Greece in the southwest of the island of Cos, which the inhabitants abandoned in order to build Cos.

Its site is located near modern Kefalos.

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