Chersonesos (Lyctus)

Chersonesos or Chersonesus (Greek: Χερσόνησος), is an ancient city of Crete, Greece.^[1] It was the haven of Lyctus, with a temple of Britomartis^[2] 16 M P. from Cnossus.^[3] Robert Pashley^[4] found ruins close to a little port on the shore, and the actual names of the villages Hersonissos (at 35°18′N 25°22′E / 35.3°N 25.367°E / 35.3; 25.367) and Episcopianó, indicate that here is to be found what was once the ancient port of Lyctus, and afterwards became an episcopal city.^[5] The city minted coins in antiquity. A dedicatory inscription to Olympian Zeus mentions Philonides, son of Zoitas, Cretan from Chersonessos, King Alexander's hemerodromos (cursor) and bematist of Asia.^[6][7]

See also

• Hersonissos the modern Cretan town

References

1. ^ Ptolemy iii. 17. § 5; Stadiasm. § 331, 332, Hierocles.
2. ^ Strabo x. p. 479.
3. ^ Tabula Peutingeriana
4. ^ Trav. vol. i. p. 268.
5. ^ Hoeck, vol. i. p. 408.
6. ^ Elis — Olympia — 336-323 BC IvO 276
7. ^ From the end of the Peloponnesian War to the battle of Ipsus By Phillip Harding Page 135 ISBN 0521299497

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed (1854–57). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. 

External links

• Photo of coin from Chersonesos