Caprus or Kapros (Ancient Greek: Κάπρος), was a town of Chalcidice, in ancient Macedonia. It was the port of Stagira to the southwest of the Strymonian Gulf.[1][2]

The site of Caprus is near the modern Olympias.[3][4]

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  1. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vii. p.331. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 2.30.
  3. Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
  4. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Caprus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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