Lycastus (Crete)

Lycastus or Lykastos (Greek: Λύκαστος) was a town of ancient Crete, mentioned in the Catalogue of Ships in Homer's Iliad.^[1] Strabo says that it had entirely disappeared, having been conquered and destroyed by the Cnossians.^[2] According to Polybius the Lycastian district was afterwards wrested from Cnossus by the Gortynians, who gave it to the neighbouring town of Rhaucus.^[3]

Its site is located near modern Rokka.^[4][5]

References

1. Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.647.
2. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. x. p.479. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
3. Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 23.15.
4. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying.
5. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Lycastus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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