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Hierapytna (Ancient Gr****: Ἱεράπυτνα or Ἱερὰ Πύτνα), also
Hierapydna (Ἱεράπυδνα),
Hierapydnes (Ἱερά Πύδνης), or Hiera, was a town of
ancient Crete. Strabo...
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Ierapetra (Gr****: Ιεράπετρα, lit. 'sacred stone';
ancient name: Ἱεράπυτνα
Hierápytna) is a Gr**** city and muni****lity
located on the
southeast coast of Crete...
- The city was
razed by the
inhabitants of
Hierapytna in 140 BCE, in a war that
pitted Gortyn and
Hierapytna against Knossos and its allies.
Praesus was...
- Macedon, the
Aetolian League, many
Cretan cities (of
which Olous and
Hierapytna were the most important) and
Spartan pirates against the
forces of Rhodes...
- In the 2nd
century AD, at
least three cities in
Crete (Lyttos, Gortyn,
Hierapytna)
joined the Pan****enion, a
league of Gr****
cities founded by the emperor...
- vessel'; PIE *bʰudʰnā;
Attic πύνδαξ pýndax 'bottom of vessel') (Cretan,Pytna
Hierapytna,
Sacred Pytna) σίγυνος
sigynos spear (Cypriotic sigynon) (Illyrian sibyne)...
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Metropolis of Lampi,
Syvritos and Sfakia,
based at
Spili the
Metropolis of
Hierapytna and Siteia,
based at
Ierapetra the
Metropolis of
Petra and Hersonissos...
- BC
Cretan War
Rhodes Pergamum Byzantium Cyzicus Athens Knossos Macedon Hierapytna Olous Aetolia Spartan pirates Acarnania 202 BC 200 BC
Fifth Syrian War...
- "Zeus-Meilichios" at Selinus. Μηλιχία (Μēlichia) 'gentle, with
gentle words' at
Hierapytna. Νυμφευομένη (Nymphevomenē), 'bride' at Plataea. Παῖς (Pais) 'Child' (in...
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instances of
Caeculus at
Praeneste and
other settlements in
Crete (Dreros,
Hierapytna, Praisos, Lyttos, Knossos).
These events all had a
religious meaning....
