Lyktos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Contributors:
Georgios Tsolakis, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes
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History
An ancient settlement on Crete, located just east of modern Xydas/Xidas, with which it is sometimes conflated. The city is mentioned in Homer and seems to have flourished in Hellenistic and Roman times, at least.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589918
35.2081, 25.3682
- Representative Locations:
- ToposText Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- Lyktos part of (physical/topographic) Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Bouleuterion at Lyttos located at Lyktos (AD 100 - AD 640)
- Sebasteion at Lyttos located at Lyktos (AD 100 - AD 640)
- Unnamed aqueduct at Lyktos flows into Lyktos (30 BC - AD 300)
settlement
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 D2 Lyktos
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Xidas
J. Bennet, G. Reger, Georgios Tsolakis, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Lyktos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589918> [accessed: 21 May 2026]
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