Lyktos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Contributors:
DARMC, Catherine Bouras, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Sep 27, 2023 12:19 PM
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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)
- Unnamed aqueduct at Lyktos flows into Lyktos (30 BC - AD 300)
settlement
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 D2 Lyktos
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Xidas
J. Bennet, G. Reger, DARMC, Catherine Bouras, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Lyktos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589918> [accessed: 11 February 2025]
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