Creta (island)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, Greta Hawes
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Nov 11, 2025 10:07 PM
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History
The island of Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589748
35.2089058929, 25.1223985357
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- Creta (750 BC - AD 640)
- INSVLA CRETICA (Insula Cretica: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Κρήτη (Kríti: Modern Greek)
- Creta (island) bounds Creticum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Creta (island) located in Internum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Hieron/Arbion? M. connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Hippokoronion (mountain) connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Ida(ion) M. connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Idaion Antron part of (physical/topographic) Creta (island) (modern)
- Inatos connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Itanos located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Iuktas connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Iytos (mountain) located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kalamyde connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kamares connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kamilari located on Creta (island) (2000 BC - 1000 BC)
- Kardamoutsa located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Karphi connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kastri located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kastri 2 part of (physical/topographic) Creta (island) (2000 BC - 1000 BC)
- Katharo located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kavousi Kastro connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kavousi Vronda located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kisamos located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kisamos? connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Klimataria located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Knosos/Col. Iulia Nobilis Cnosos located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kolokythia located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kommos located on Creta (island) (2000 BC - 1000 BC)
- Korion located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Korykos (promontory) part of (physical/topographic) Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Koumasa prepalatial cemetery located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kriou Metopon part of (physical/topographic) Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kydonia located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Lappa located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Lasaia connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Lato connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Lato pros Kamara connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Leben connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Lera located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Leuka (mountain) connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Lissos located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Lykastos (Rokka) located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Lyktos part of (physical/topographic) Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Maleme located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Mallia connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Minoa (Pakheia Ammos) part of (physical/topographic) Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Mochlos (island) located near Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Mokhlos part of (physical/topographic) Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Monastiraki Katalimata located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Mount Kedros part of (physical/topographic) Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Nopigeia connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Odigitria tholos cemetery located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Olous connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Omphalion part of (regional) Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
island
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 D2 Creta Ins.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: island
J. Bennet, G. Reger, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, and Greta Hawes, 'Creta (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589748> [accessed: 19 January 2026]
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