Milatus

Milatus or Milatos (Ancient Greek: Μίλατος), also known as Miletus or Miletos (Μίλητος), was a town on the north coast of ancient Crete. It is mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships of the Iliad.^[1] This town, which no longer existed in the time of Strabo, was looked upon by some writers as the mother-city of the Ionian colony Miletus.^[2]^[3]

The site of Milatus is tentatively located near a modern village also named Milatos.^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ Homer. Iliad. 2.647.
^ Ephorus, ap. Strabo. Geographica. xii. p.573, xiv. p. 634. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Schol. Apoll. Rhod. 1.186; Apollod. 3.1, 3.2, 3.3; Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.12.
^ 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.

Coordinates: 35°18′25″N 25°34′28″E / 35.30686°N 25.574369°E / 35.30686; 25.574369

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[1] Homer. Iliad. 2.647.

[2] Ephorus, ap. Strabo. Geographica. xii. p.573, xiv. p. 634. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

[3] Schol. Apoll. Rhod. 1.186; Apollod. 3.1, 3.2, 3.3; Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.12.

[Barrington-4] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying.

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

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