KERASOUS
Pontus, Turkey.
A tributary colony
of Sinope, on the S coast of the Black Sea (Pontos Euxeinos), in Colchian territory; visited by Xenophon and
the Ten Thousand in 400 B.C. (
Anab. 5.3.2). From here
Lucullus took the cherry (
κερασός) to Rome. The city
had ceased to exist by the early 2d c. A.D., and its name
was transferred to Pharnakeia.
The site lies on the W side of Yeros Burnu (Hieron
Oros), presumably at the mouth of the Kireşon Deresi
(Kerasous fl.), 3 km NE of Vakfikebir. No remains are
known.
D. R. WILSON