Lyktos
Lyktos (
Lyktos in mythology
Lyktos appears in the
History
The name "Lyktos" seems to originate in the Bronze Age, appearing in Linear B texts as ru-ki-to and as rkt (ry-kꜣ-tı͗) in an Egyptian list of Aegean place names from the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III.[4][5][6]
In 344 BC,
Lyktos was sacked by the
In the 16th century, Venetian manuscripts[13] describe the walls of the ancient city, with circular bastions, and other fortifications, as existing upon a lofty mountain, nearly in the centre of the island. Numerous vestiges of ancient structures, tombs, and broken marbles, are seen, as well as an immense arch of an aqueduct,[14] by which the water was carried across a deep valley by means of a large marble channel.
The harbor of
The town of Arsinoe belonged to Lyktos during the
The decoration of the coins issued at Lyktos is usually an eagle flying, with the inscription "ΛΥΤΤΙΩΝ" ("of the Lyttians").[16]
Modern history
Before unearthing Knossos, Arthur Evans intended to excavate Lyktos but did not succeed in obtaining the necessary permits. As of 2022, only a small part of the site has been systematically excavated. A new five-year research program commenced in 2021, whose first year yielded significant findings the most important of which was a headless marble statue of Hadrian.[17]
References
- The Iliadii. 647, xvii. 611.
- ^ Aristotle Pol. ii. 7.
- ^ Callimachus Hymn to Apollo 33; comp. Müller, Dorians, vol. i. pp. 141, 227, trans.
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- Diodorusxvi. 62.
- ^ iv. 53, 54.
- ^ Livy Epit. xcix.; Florus iii. 7.
- ^ x. p. 479.
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- ^ Robert Pashley, Trav. vol. i. p. 269.
- ^ Mus. Class. Ant. vol. ii. p. 274.
- ^ Kelly, A. 2018 A Roman Aqueduct through the Cretan Highlands - securing the water supply for elevated Lyttos. In G.A. Aristodemou and Th.P. Tassios (ed.) Great Waterworks in Roman Greece. Aqueducts and Monumental Fountain Structures: Function in Context. Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 35, 147-169
- ISBN 0520914082p132
- Eckhel, vol. ii. p.316; Töck, Kreta, vol. i. pp. 13, 408, vol. ii. pp. 431, 446, vol. iii. pp. 430, 465, 508.
- ^ Ένας μήνας ανασκαφών έδωσε πληροφορίες για… 17 αιώνες!, Πατρίς onLine, 3 Αυγούστου 2021
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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