Hierapytna ( Ancient Greek: Ἱεράπυτνα [1] [2] or Ἱερὰ Πύτνα [3] [4]), also Hierapydna (Ἱεράπυδνα), [5] Hierapydnes (Ἱερά Πύδνης), [6] or Hiera, [7] was a town of ancient Crete. Strabo says that it stood in the narrowest part of the island, opposite Minoa. [1] Hierapytna, according to the Stadiasmus Maris Magni, was 180 stadia from Biennus, which agrees with the distance of 20 M.P. assigned to it by the Peutinger Table. It was a town of great antiquity, and its foundation was ascribed to the Corybantes; it bore the successive names of Cyrba, Pytna, Camirus, and Hierapytna. [8] [4] From an inscription preserved among the Oxford marbles, it appears that the Hierapytnians were at one time allied with the neighbouring city of Priansus. [9] There are both autonomous and Roman Imperial coins belonging to Hierapytna; the symbol on the former is generally a palm tree. [10]
Its site is located near modern Ierapetra. [11] [12]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Hierapytna".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
35°00′24″N 25°44′14″E / 35.0067°N 25.73712°E
Hierapytna ( Ancient Greek: Ἱεράπυτνα [1] [2] or Ἱερὰ Πύτνα [3] [4]), also Hierapydna (Ἱεράπυδνα), [5] Hierapydnes (Ἱερά Πύδνης), [6] or Hiera, [7] was a town of ancient Crete. Strabo says that it stood in the narrowest part of the island, opposite Minoa. [1] Hierapytna, according to the Stadiasmus Maris Magni, was 180 stadia from Biennus, which agrees with the distance of 20 M.P. assigned to it by the Peutinger Table. It was a town of great antiquity, and its foundation was ascribed to the Corybantes; it bore the successive names of Cyrba, Pytna, Camirus, and Hierapytna. [8] [4] From an inscription preserved among the Oxford marbles, it appears that the Hierapytnians were at one time allied with the neighbouring city of Priansus. [9] There are both autonomous and Roman Imperial coins belonging to Hierapytna; the symbol on the former is generally a palm tree. [10]
Its site is located near modern Ierapetra. [11] [12]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Hierapytna".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
35°00′24″N 25°44′14″E / 35.0067°N 25.73712°E