Araden (Crete)

Araden (Ancient Greek: Ἀραδήν) was a town and polis (city-state)[1] of ancient Crete.[2] Stephanus of Byzantium claims was Araden later name of, rather than a successor settlement to, Anopolis (Ἀνώπολις)[3]

Its site is located near modern Aradena.[2][4]

References
  1. Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Crete". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1152-1153. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  2. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying.
  3. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Ἀραδήν.
  4. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

35°13′30″N 24°03′37″E


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