Thenae (Crete)

Thenae or Thenai (Greek: Θεναί) was a town of ancient Crete close on the Omphalian Plain, and near Cnossus.[1] William Smith, writing in the 19th century, says it must have been close to the Temenos Fortress which was built in 961, when the Emirate of Crete was vanquished by Nicephorus Phocas and the forces of the Byzantine Emperor.[2] However, modern scholars treat its site as unlocated.[3]

References
  1. , Callim. in Jov. 42; Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Ὀμφάλιον.
  2. Robert Pashley, Travels, vol. i. p. 224; comp. Finlay, Byzantine Empire, vol. i. p. 377; Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire c. lii; Public Domain Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Thenae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
  3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Thenae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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