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Polyrrhenia (modern Polirinia), now lying somewhat inland from the northwest coast of Crete in the prefecture of Chania, was an important Archaic Period settlement co-temporaneous with Lato and Prinias.[1] Polyrrhenia was a Hellenistic port transforming into in the Roman period and into Byzantine times. According to Strabo it was an Achaean foundation. A small town now occupies the site, where rock-cut tombs, vestiges of ruined and an acropolis remain. A Roman aqueduct built in the age of Hadrian improved water supplies. Systematic archaeological excavations have been conducted at the site since 1986.
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