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
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)