Caresus or Karesos ( grc, Κάρησος) was a town of the

ancient Troad The Troad ( or ; el, Τρωάδα, ''Troáda'') or Troas (; grc, Τρῳάς, ''Trōiás'' or , ''Trōïás'') is a historical region in northwestern Anatolia. It corresponds with the Biga Peninsula (Turkish: ''Biga Yarımadası'') in the Ça ...

, on a river of the same name, in a mountainous tract called the

Caresene Caresene or Karesene ( grc, Καρησήνη) was a mountainous tract in the ancient Troad, which contained many villages, and was well cultivated. It bordered on the Dardanice as far as the parts about Zeleia and Pityeia. It was named from the C ...

. It was ruined before Strabo's time. Its site is unlocated.

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Populated places in ancient Troad Former populated places in Turkey {{AncientTroad-geo-stub