Onchestos

Onchestos
Ογχηστός
	Shown within Greece
Location	Boeotia
Region	Greece
Coordinates	38°21′54″N 23°08′49″E / 38.364863°N 23.146959°E
Type	City
History
Periods	Ancient Greece / Rome

Onchestos or Onchestus (Greek: Ογχηστός) was a Greek town in ancient Boeotia northwest of Thebes. In ancient times it was famous for its sanctuary of Poseidon. The site has been excavated intermittently since the 1960s. It was in the territory of Haliartus, said to have been founded by Onchestos, a son of Poseidon.^[1]^[2]

^ Pausanias (1918). "26.5". Description of Greece. Vol. 9. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.

[1] Pausanias (1918). "26.5". Description of Greece. Vol. 9. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.

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

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