Corycus or Korykos ( Ancient Greek: Κώρυκος) was a town in the northwestern part of ancient Crete on the peninsula of the same name mentioned by Ptolemy. [1] There is a passage in which Juvenal mentions a Corycian vessel which evidently belonged to this Cretan town. [2] When the Florentine traveller Cristoforo Buondelmonti visited Crete in 1415, he found remains existing. [3]
References
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 4.20.
- ^ Juvenal, 14.267
- ^ Cornelius, Creta Sacra, vol. i. p. 87; Robert Pashley, Trav. vol. ii. p. 74; Hoeck, Kreta, vol. i. p. 377.
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Corycus or Korykos ( Ancient Greek: Κώρυκος) was a town in the northwestern part of ancient Crete on the peninsula of the same name mentioned by Ptolemy. [1] There is a passage in which Juvenal mentions a Corycian vessel which evidently belonged to this Cretan town. [2] When the Florentine traveller Cristoforo Buondelmonti visited Crete in 1415, he found remains existing. [3]
References
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 4.20.
- ^ Juvenal, 14.267
- ^ Cornelius, Creta Sacra, vol. i. p. 87; Robert Pashley, Trav. vol. ii. p. 74; Hoeck, Kreta, vol. i. p. 377.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Corycus".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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