Sybrita

Sybrita (Ancient Greek: Σύβριτα),[1] or Subrita or Soubrita (Σούβριτα),[2] or Subritus or Soubritos (Σούβριτος),[3] or Sibyrtus or Sibyrtos (Σίβυρτος),[4] was a town of ancient Crete, 8 M. P. from Eleutherna,[5] and famous for its numerous and beautiful silver coins, which, though some of them belong to a very early period, are fine specimens of a Cretan mint; the types are always connected with the worship of Dionysus or Hermes.[6]

View of the archaeological site of Sybrita.

It was the seat of a bishop; no longer a residential bishop, under the name Subrita it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[7]

The site of Sybrita is located near modern Thronos.[8][9]

References

1. Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax 47
2. Ptolemy. The Geography. 3.17.10.
3. Hierocles. Synecdemus.
4. Polybius ap. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
5. Peut. Tab.
6. Eckhel, Doctrina numorum veterum, vol. ii. p. 320.
7. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d3s73.html
8. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying.
9. 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). "Sybrita". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.