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Hystoe

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Hystoe or Hystoë was a town of ancient Crete, which the Scholiast on Aratus connects with the Idaean nymph Cynosura, one of the nurses of Zeus.[1]

Its site is unlocated.

References

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  1. ^ Phaen. vol. ii. p. 40, ed. Buhle

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