Eleutherna
Eleutherna ( Greek Ἐλευθέρνα, modern Greek transcription Eleftherna , also plural form Eleuthernai ) was an ancient Greek city on the island of Crete . It was located on the northwestern slope of the Ida Mountains near today's village of Eleftherna near the Arkadi monastery .
The city was supposedly founded by the Curetes ; Settlement has been archaeologically proven since the late Minoan period. Some events have come down to us from the story of Eleuthernas in Hellenistic times. 67 BC It was conquered by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus . In late antiquity, Eleutherna was the seat of a bishop. In the middle of the 5th century under Bishop Euphratas, a basilica was built that is one of the oldest in Crete. The titular Eleutherna of the Roman Catholic Church goes back to the diocese . The archaeological remains of the city were last researched by Petros Themelis .
An ancient cantilever bridge has been preserved near the town, see Eleutherna Bridge .
literature
- Edward Boucher James: Eleutherna . In: William Smith : Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London 1854.
- Ludwig Bürchner : Eleuthernai . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 2, Stuttgart 1905, Col. 2351-2353.
- Ernst Meyer : Eleutherna. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, Col. 247.
- Antonis Kotsonas: The discovery of Eleutherna. From the formation of the modern Cretan state to Humfry Payne's excavations (1899-1929) . In: The Annual of the British School at Athens . Volume 103, 2008, pp. 275–298 (not yet evaluated).
- Harry Thurston Peck: Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities . Harper and Brothers, New York 1898 ( online ).
- Holger Sonnabend : Eleutherna. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 3, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01473-8 .
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Remarks
- ^ Cassius Dio 36, 18 ( English translation ).
Coordinates: 35 ° 19 ' N , 24 ° 41' E