Polyrrhenia
Polyrrhenia—Πολυρρηνία in modern Greek—is the name of an ancient Greek polis that controlled the western extremity of Crete, stretching from north to south. In the Archaic Period it was a major settlement on a par with places like Lato and Prinias, and Strabo places it west of Cydonia, about 30 stadia from the sea and 60 from Phalasarna. He also records a temple of Dictynna and says the Polyrrhenians were once scattered in villages, later gathered into a fortified city facing south by the Achaeans and Lacedaemonians. During the civil wars in Crete under the Achaean League, in 219 BCE, Polyrrhenia—previously allied to Knossos—deserted Knossos and aided the Lyctians, while also sending auxiliaries to the Achaeans. …
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