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Istron (Ancient Greek: Ἴστρων) was a town of ancient Crete. Istron is mentioned in a list of Cretan cities cited in a decree of Knossos from about 259-233 BCE,[1] as well as in the list of Cretan cities that signed an alliance with Eumenes II of Pergamon in the year 183 BCE.[2]
The site of Istron is located near modern Priniatikos Pyrgos.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ SEG 29, 1135
- ↑ IC IV,179.
- ↑ Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
- ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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