Elyros

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Elyros ( Elyrus ; Ἔλυρος) was an ancient Greek city in Crete . It was the most important ancient city in the southwest of the island. The city was inland near the present-day village of Rodovani and had two ports, Syia and Lisos .

The city has not yet been the target of excavations, so little is known about its history. Elyros seems to have flourished especially in Classical times. In the third century BC Elryos was enemies with Kydonia . Elyros may have been a member of the West Cretan Oreioi. 183 BC The city was one of several that signed a treaty with Eumenes II . It is also known that the inhabitants sent a gift to the oracle of Delphi . Ruins of an aqueduct , the city wall and a theater have been observed during inspections. In late antiquity, a Christian basilica was built, which was decorated with mosaics. The city minted its own coins. After the Suda , Thaletas was born here. In the 9th century, the residents gave up the settlement.

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  1. ↑ a b Holger Saturday: Elyros. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 3, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01473-8 , column 1003 f.
  2. ↑ Pausanias , X, 16; Paula Jean Perlman: City and Sanctuary in Ancient Greece: The Theorodokia in the Peloponnese , Göttingen 2000, ISBN 978-3525252185 , p. 17
  3. ^ IF Sanders: Roman Crete. An Archaeological Survey and Gazetteer of Late Hellenistic, Roman and early Byzantine Crete. Aris & Phillips, Warminster 1982, ISBN 0856681504 , p. 171
  4. ^ IF Sanders: Roman Crete. An Archaeological Survey and Gazetteer of Late Hellenistic, Roman and early Byzantine Crete. Aris & Phillips, Warminster 1982, p. 126
  5. ↑ The Suda gives Crete or Illyria as origin , but it was suggested to correct the indication Κρής, ἢ Ἰλλυριός to Κρής Ἐλυριός , that is, Elyrian Cretans ; See with the comment Suda , keyword Θαλήτας , Adler number: theta 21 , Suda-Online .

Coordinates: 35 ° 17 ′ 33 ″  N , 23 ° 47 ′ 45 ″  E