Curco
- Ancient name
- Corycus
- Modern name
- Kiz Kalesi
- Modern country
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 36.47, 34.15
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364265
Curco (also Korikos or Corycus) was an ancient port along the southern coast of Asia Minor between Palopolis and Tarsus, reinforced with defenses first by the Byzantines and later by the Armenian kingdom of Cilicia. Palaeographical similarities lead to its confusion in the manuscripts with Tarsus, Turchia, and Luco. Campbell #1469.
The toponym Curco appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P047
Variant spellings of Curco in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| charcho | Bal |
| chercha | Laur5 |
| chircho | Ricc13 |
| Chu(r)co | Ricc14 |
| chuocho | Wie1 |
| Chur[~]o | BL02 |
| churcha | Yale4 |
| churcho | Ashb3, Ashb7, Fn6, Fn8, Med2, Med3, NB, Pad1, Pal5, Pal6, Ricc11 |
| Churcho | Luc2 |
| churco | Barb3, Borg, Marc1, Par1, Pnc3, Ricc9, Ro2, Urb1 |
| Churco | Cap1, Med1, Vat3 |
| churio | Con1 |
| churo | Ricc15 |
| chuto | Fn12 |
| Cirso | Vat2 |
| Ciurco | Marc2 |
| cuco | He3 |
| curchio | Spe |
| Curcho | He1, Par4, Pnc5, Ricc17 |
| curcho | Con4, He2, New, Ricc8, Tre |
| Curco | BL01, Par2, Pnc4 |
| curco | Chig2, NYPL3, Ricc12 |
| Curo | Morg |
| Curro | Chig1, Con3, Parm2, Ricc6 |
| Lucho | Cors2, Laur3 |
| luco | Cs1, Per2 |
| Luco | Clas2, Magl2 |
| lurso | Barb4 |
| turcho | ME2 |
| turco | Fn9 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Curco.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/curco/.