Kalaureia

Kalaureia
Native name:
Καλαυρία
The Harbour of Troezen and the Island of Calaurea with the adjacent coast, map of 1776
Map
Geography
Coordinates37°31′07″N 23°28′45″E / 37.51861°N 23.47917°E / 37.51861; 23.47917
ArchipelagoAegean
Administration

Kalaureia (Ancient Greek: Καλαυρεία) or Calauria or Kalavria (Greek: Καλαυρία) is an island close to the coast of Troezen in the Peloponnesus of mainland Greece, part of the modern island-pair Poros.

Strabo describes the coastwise journey along the Hermionic Gulf:

The gulf begins at the town of Asine. Then come Hermione and Troezen; and, as one sails along the coast, one comes also to the island of Calauria, which has a circuit of one hundred and thirty stadia and is separated from the mainland by a strait four stadia wide.[1]
  1. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii.6.3. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition. (On-line text).