Dystos ( el, Δύστος ;

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

: ''Dystus'') is the name of a lake, village and former municipality in

Euboea Evia (, ; el, Εύβοια ; grc, Εὔβοια ) or Euboia (, ) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only at its narrowest poin ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Kymi-Aliveri Kymi-Aliveri ( el, Κύμη-Αλιβέρι) is a municipality in the Euboea regional unit, Central Greece, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Aliveri. The municipal unit has an area of 804.983 km2. Municipality The municipality Kymi ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 162.431 km². The seat of the municipality was Krieza.

History

The ancient town ''Dystus'' was mentioned by the 4th century BCE historian

Theopompus Theopompus ( grc-gre, Θεόπομπος, ''Theópompos''; c. 380 BCc. 315 BC) was an ancient Greek historian and rhetorician. Biography Theopompus was born on the Aegean island of Chios. In early youth, he seems to have spent some time at Athen ...

. It is thought to have been founded by the

Dryopia Dryopes (; grc, Δρύοπες) or Dryopians () were one of the aboriginal tribes of ancient Greece. According to Herodotus, their earliest abode is said to have been on Mount Oeta and its adjacent valleys, in the district called after them, Dryopi ...

ns.DYSTOS Euboia, Greece
entry in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. The site of the ancient town is . During the 1950s, the power corporation of Greece established a steam power plant close to the lake Dystos at the city of

Aliveri Aliveri ( el, Αλιβέρι) is a town and a community in the island of Evvoia, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit Tamyneoi, and the seat of the municipality Kymi-Aliveri. Aliveri is situated in the western part of the island, on the Sout ...

. That power plant used lake water for the cooling system.

Historical population

References

External links

Δήμος Δυστίων της Ευβοίας
{{Kymi-Aliveri div Populated places in Euboea