Arisba (Lesbos)

Arisba or Arisbe (Ancient Greek: Ἀρίσβη) was a town in ancient Lesbos, which Herodotus speaks of as being taken by the Methymnaei.^[1]^[2] Pliny the Elder says it was destroyed by an earthquake.^[3]

It is located near modern Arisvi.^[4]^[5] The German survey in the late 19th century created the first and only topographic plan of the visible remains, which include megaron style houses (i.e. porch and main room).

References

^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 1.151.
^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.31.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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

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[1] Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 1.151.

[2] Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.

[3] Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.31.

[4] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

[5] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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