Cytaeum
Cytaeum or Kytaion (Ancient Greek: Κύταιον) was a town on the north coast of ancient Crete. It is mentioned by Ptolemy, Pliny the Elder, Nonnus, and Stephanus of Byzantium. Cytaeum minted coins dated to c. 350-325 BCE with the inscription «ΚΥ».
The site of Cytaeum is tentatively located near modern Almyrida.
References
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.59.
- ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 13.238
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Crete". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 1172. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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