Cisamus (Aptera)

Cisamus or Kisamos (Ancient Greek: Κίσαμος) was town of ancient Crete and was the port of Aptera.[1] It appears as one of two towns of the name in the Peutinger Table.[2]

Its site is tentatively located at Kalami.[3][4]

References
  1. Strabo. Geographica. x. p. 479. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. comp. Hierocles. Synecdemus. p. 640.
  3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying.
  4. 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). "Aptera". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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