Cremaste orKremaste (Ancient Greek:Κρεμαστή) was a town inancient Troad.[1]Xenophon speaks of the town and the plain nearby "where there are the gold mines of theAbydeni."[2]Strabo mentions the gold mines ofAstyra which town is nearby. Gold mines belonging toLampsacus are mentioned byPliny the Elder[3] and byPolyaenus;[4] and they may be the same as those of Cremaste, as the town was generally between Abydus and Lampsacus.
Its site is located nearSarıbeyle,Asiatic Turkey.[1][5]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cremaste".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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