Apollonia (North coast of Crete)
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For the Apollonia on the south coast of Crete, see Apollonia (South coast of Crete).
Apollonia (Greek: Ἀπολλωνία) was an ancient city of Crete, near Cnossus,[1] the inhabitants of which were most treacherously treated by the Cydoniatae, who were their friends and allies.[2] The site is on the coast near Armyro, or perhaps approaching towards Megalo Kastron, at the Ghiófero.[3] The editors of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World tentatively place Apollonia at Gazi.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium s. v.
- ^ Polybius xxvii. 16.
- ^ Robert Pashley, Crete, vol. i. p. 261.
- ^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 60 & notes.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1856).
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