Caresus or Karesos ( grc, Κάρησος) was a river 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 � ...

, mentioned by

Homer Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the ...

in the ''

Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; grc, Ἰλιάς, Iliás, ; "a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the ''Odysse ...

''. The river gave name to a mountainous district called

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 ...

through which it flowed. It flows into the

Aesepus River The Aesepus River or Aisepos River ( grc, ἡ Αἴσηπος) was a river of Northern Mysia, mentioned by Homer in the ''Iliad'' as flowing past Zeleia, at the foot of Ida; and in another passage as one of the streams that flow from Ida. According ...

. The Caresus had a considerable valley (αὐλῶν), but less than that of the Aesepus. The Caresus springs between

Palaescepsis Scepsis or Skepsis ( grc, Σκῆψις or Σκέψις) was an ancient settlement in the Troad, Asia Minor that is at the present site of the village of Kurşunlutepe, near the town of Bayramiç in Turkey. The settlement is notable for being ...

and Achaeum, which is opposite to the island of

Tenedos Tenedos (, ''Tenedhos'', ), or Bozcaada in Turkish language, Turkish, is an island of Turkey in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea. Administratively, the island constitutes the Bozcaada, Çanakkale, Bozcaada district of Çanakkale Provinc ...

. There was a town of the same name that ruined before Strabo's time. Its identification is unknown.

References

Troad Rivers of Turkey Locations in the Iliad {{Turkey-river-stub