Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography/Ceressus

​ CERESSUS (Κερησσός), a strong fortress in Boeotia, in the neighbourhood of, and belonging to Thespiae. The inhabitants of Ceressus repeated to this fortress after the battle of Leuctra. It was probably situated at Paleopanaghia. (Paus. ix. 14. § 2; Leake, Northern Greece, vol ii. pp. 490, 450.)

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