Strabo, Geography, Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator), 10.4.13

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[13] Cydonia is situated on the sea, fronting Laconia, at an equal distance from both Cnossus and Gortyn, about 800 stadia, and from Aptera 80, and from the sea in this quarter 40 stadia. Cisamus¹ is the naval arsenal of Aptera.² The Polyrrhenii border upon the Cydoniatae towards the west; in their territory is the temple of Dictynna. They are at the distance of about 30 stadia from the sea, and 60 from Phalasarna. Formerly they lived in villages; then Achaeans and Laconians settled there together, and fortified with a wall a strong site fronting the south.

Geography. Strabo. Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator). London. 1854-1857.

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Geography (English) (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 1-3. Hamilton, Hans Claude, translator; Falconer, William, translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854-1857.)

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Γεωγραφικά Perseus (Strabo. Strabonis Geographica, Vols. 1-3. Meineke, August, editor. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.) — 10.4.13 focus

[13] Κυδωνία δʼ ἐπὶ θαλάττῃ μὲν ἵδρυται βλέπουσα πρὸς τὴν Λακωνικήν, διέχει δʼ ἑκατέρας τὸ ἴσον τῆς τε Κνωσσοῦ καὶ τῆς Γόρτυνος οἷον ὀκτακοσίους σταδίους, Ἀπτέρας δὲ ὀγδοήκοντα, τῆς ταύτῃ δὲ θαλάττης τετταράκοντα. Ἀπτέρας δʼ ἐπίνειόν ἐστι Κίσαμος· πρὸς ἑσπέραν δʼ ὅμοροι τοῖς Κυδωνιάταις Πολυρρήνιοι, παρʼ οἷς ἐστι τὸ τῆς Δικτύννης ἱερόν· ἀπέχουσι δὲ τῆς θαλάττης ὡς τριάκοντα σταδίους, Φαλασάρνης δὲ ἑξήκοντα. κωμηδὸν δʼ ᾤκουν πρότερον· εἶτʼ Ἀχαιοὶ καὶ Λάκωνες συνῴκησαν τειχίσαντες ἐρυμνὸν χωρίον βλέπον πρὸς μεσημβρίαν.

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Geography (Books 6-14) Perseus (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 3-6. Jones, Horace Leonard, translator. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1924-1929 (printing).) — 10.4.13 focus

[13] Cydonia is situated on the sea, facing Laconia, and is equidistant, about eight hundred stadia, from the two cities Cnossus and Gortyn, and is eighty stadia distant from Aptera, and forty from the sea in that region.¹ The seaport of Aptera is Cisamus. The territory.of the Polyrrhenians borders on that of the Cydoniatae towards the west, and the temple of Dictynna is in their territory. They are about thirty stadia distant from the sea, and sixty from Phalasarna. They lived in villages in earlier times; and then Achaeans and Laconians made a common settlement, building a wall round a place that was naturally strong and faced towards the south.

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1. Kisamos.

2. See Pashley, Travels in Crete, vol. i. c. 4, who places Aptera at Palaeocastron, on the south of the bay of Siedh and Polyrrhenia, at the Palaeocastron, to the south of the Gulf of Kisamos.

Strabo Geography 10.4.13

Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator)

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