Book 10
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There are many cities in Crete, but the largest and most distinguished are Cnossus,The ruins are situated at Makro Teikhos, to the south-east of Candia, the modern capital. Gortyna,Il. ii. 646; Od. xix. 178. Hagius Dheka. Pashley. Cydonia.Near Jerami, in the Austrian map. Pashley places it at Khani. Both Homer and later writers celebrate CnossusThe ruins are situated at Makro Teikhos, to the south-east of Candia, the modern capital. above the rest, calling it vast, and the palace of Minos. It maintained its pre-eminence for a long period. It afterwards lost its ascendency, and was deprived of many of its customs and privileges. The superiority was transferred to Gortyna and Lyctus.Lytto. But it afterwards recovered its ancient rank of the capital city. Cnossus lies in a plain, with its ancient circumference of 30 stadia, between the Lyctian and Gortynian territory; [distant] 200 stadia from Gortyna, and from Lyttus 120, which the poetIl. 11.647.calls Lyctus. Cnossus is at the distance of 25 stadia from the northern sea; Gortyna 90, and Lyctus 80, stadia from the African sea. Cnossus has a marine arsenal, Heracleium.Cartero, a maritime town on the river of the same name.
