Lyktos

settlement · 750 BC – 640 AD

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.

Coordinates
35.20810, 25.36820
Also known as
Litium (la), Litivm (la), Lyctus (la), Lyctus (la), Lyktos, Lýktos (grc), Lyttos (grc), Lyttos, Lýttos (grc), Λύκτος (grc), Λύττος (grc)
Dating
attested

Sources

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