Polichne (Crete)

Polichne (Ancient Greek: Πολίχνη), or Polichna (Πολίχνα), was a town of ancient Crete. Its territory bordered upon that of Cydonia.[1] In 429 BCE the Athenians assisted the inhabitants of Polichne in making war upon the Cydonians.[1] Herodotus also mentions the Polichnitae, and says that this people and the Praesii were the only people in Crete who did not join the other Cretans in the expedition against Camicus in Sicily in order to revenge the death of Minos.[2][3]

Its site is tentatively located near the modern Ag. Georgios, Vryses.[4][5]

References
  1. Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. 2.85.
  2. Herodotus. Histories. 7.170.
  3. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
  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). "Polichna". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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