Lato
Λατώ | |
 The agora of Lato | |
  Shown within Greece | |
| Location | Kritsa, Crete, Greece |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 35°10′40″N 25°39′13″E / 35.17778°N 25.65361°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Abandoned | Approximately 200 BC |
| Periods | Archaic Greece to Hellenistic Greece |
| Site notes | |
| Management | 24th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities |
| Website | Lato |
Lato (
History
The Dorian city-state was built in a defensible position overlooking
The city most likely was named after the goddess Leto (of which Lato is the usual Doric form) and may be mentioned in Linear B tablets as RA-TO.[2] Lato also minted coins in antiquity,[3] bearing the likeness of the goddess Eileithyia who appears to have been the one particularly worshipped at Lato.[2]
Nearchus, admiral of Alexander the Great, was born at Lato.[2]
In 1894–96, A. Evans conducted a small-scale investigation. Systematic excavation started in 1899–1901 by the French School of Archaeology, with J. Demargne, was resumed in 1968 by P. Ducrey, O. Picard, and B. Chatzimichali, and lasted until the 1970s.
See also
References
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnikon, s.v. Kamara
- ^ a b c Greek Ministry of Culture Archived 2007-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ C.Michael Hogan, Lato Fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian, Jan 10, 2008
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Camara". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- Martha W. Baldwin Bowsky, Portrait of a Polis: Lato Pros Kamara (Crete) in the Late Second Century B. C., Hesperia, Vol. 58, No. 3 (July - September 1989), pp. 331–47
- Greek Ministry of Culture
- Tourism website of the area
- Tourism website of the area