Cytaeum

Cytaeum or Kytaion (Ancient Greek: Κύταιον) was a town on the north coast of ancient Crete.^[1] It is mentioned by Ptolemy, Pliny the Elder,^[2] Nonnus,^[3] and Stephanus of Byzantium.^[4] Cytaeum minted coins dated to c. 350-325 BCE with the inscription «ΚΥ».^[5]

The site of Cytaeum is tentatively located near modern Almyrida.^[1]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b 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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