EURYMENAI
(Kastritsa) Epeiros, Albania.
An early and important city (
EphArch [1956] 1f; D.S.
19.88), most probably identified with the largest site in
the plain of Ioannina, a craggy limestone ridge called
Kastritsa on the S side of the Lake of Ioannina. It was
defended by a massive circuit wall ca. 3000 m long and
was densely inhabited. The fortifications were extended
at various periods and include gateways and towers of
different kinds. It stands at a nodal point in the communications of Epeiros. The area has yielded Prehistoric,
Classical, and Hellenistic pottery.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
S. I. Dakaris in
PAE (1951) 173ff;
(1952) 362ff; id. in
ArchDelt 20 (1965)
Chron. 348, 21
(1966)
Chron. 288, and
PPS 33 (1967) 30ff; N.G.L.
Hammond,
Epirus (1967) 173f, 29 if, 527f, Plan 15 and
PI. XI
a; I. Vokotopoulou in
ArchDelt 23 (1968)
Chron.
291f.
N.G.L. HAMMOND