Apollonia (North coast of Crete)

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Apollonia (Greek: Ἀπολλωνία) was an ancient city of Crete, near Cnossus (Steph. B. s. v.), the inhabitants of which were most treacherously treated by the Cydoniatae, who were their friends and allies. (Polyb. xxvii. 16.) The site is on the coast near Armyro, or perhaps approaching towards Megalo Kastron, at the Ghiófero. (Pashley, Crete, vol. i. p. 261.) The editors of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World tentatively place Apollonia at Gazi.^[1]

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• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1856).

1. ^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 60 & notes.