ERYTHRAEUM
ERYTHRAEUM (
Ἐρυθραῖον ἄκρον,
Ptol. 3.17.4), a promontory on the SE. coast of Crete.
The town of
ERYTHRAEA which, from its mention by Florus (
3.7) along with Cydonia and Cnossus as submitting to Metellus, must have been a place of importance, probably was situated near the promontory of the same name. (Hoeck,
Kreta, vol. i. pp. 426, 429.)
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