Hierapytna

Bronze statue from Hierapytna

Hierapytna (Ancient Greek: Ἱεράπυτνα^[1]^[2] or Ἱερὰ Πύτνα^[3]^[4]), also Hierapydna (Ἱεράπυδνα),^[5] Hierapydnes (Ἱερά Πύδνης),^[6] or Hiera,^[7] was a town of ancient Crete. Strabo says that it stood in the narrowest part of the island, opposite .^[1] Hierapytna, according to the Stadiasmus Maris Magni, was 180 stadia from Biennus, which agrees with the distance of 20 M.P. assigned to it by the Peutinger Table. It was a town of great antiquity, and its foundation was ascribed to the Corybantes; it bore the successive names of Cyrba, Pytna, Camirus, and Hierapytna.^[8]^[4] From an inscription preserved among the Oxford marbles, it appears that the Hierapytnians were at one time allied with the neighbouring city of Priansus.^[9] There are both autonomous and Roman Imperial coins belonging to Hierapytna; the symbol on the former is generally a palm tree.^[10]

Its site is located near modern Ierapetra.^[11]^[12]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Strabo. Geographica. ix. p.440, x. pp. 472, 475. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.20.
^ Ptolemy. The Geography. 3.17.4. , although some manuscripts have Ἱερὰ Πέτρα.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
^ Dio Cassius 36.8; Hierocles. Synecdemus.
^ Stadiasmus Maris Magni §§ 319-320.
^ Peut. Tab.
^ Strabo. Geographica. x. p. 472. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Böckh, Corp. Inscrip. Graec. n. 2556; Höck, Kreta, vol. iii. p. 472.
^ Eckhel, Doctrina numorum veterum, vol. ii. p. 313.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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

Coordinates: 35°00′24″N 25°44′14″E / 35.0067°N 25.73712°E / 35.0067; 25.73712

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[Strabo-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Strabo. Geographica. ix. p.440, x. pp. 472, 475. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

[2] Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.20.

[3] Ptolemy. The Geography. 3.17.4. , although some manuscripts have Ἱερὰ Πέτρα.

[Stephanus-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.

[5] Dio Cassius 36.8; Hierocles. Synecdemus.

[6] Stadiasmus Maris Magni §§ 319-320.

[7] Peut. Tab.

[8] Strabo. Geographica. x. p. 472. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

[9] Böckh, Corp. Inscrip. Graec. n. 2556; Höck, Kreta, vol. iii. p. 472.

[10] Eckhel, Doctrina numorum veterum, vol. ii. p. 313.

[Barrington-11] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying.

[12] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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