Methymna (Crete)

Methymna or Methymne (Ancient Greek: Μηθύμνη) was a city in ancient Crete, near Rhocca, which Aelian mentions in connection with a curious story respecting a remedy for hydrophobia discovered by a Cretan fisherman.[1] Writing in the 19th century, Robert Pashley considered that the remains near the chapel of Aghios Georghos, by Nopia, on the extreme eastern edge of the plain of Kastelli Kissamou, represent Methymna,[2] however modern scholars treat it as unlocated.

References
  1. Ael. N.A. 14.20.
  2. Robert Pashley, Trav. vol. ii. p. 40

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


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