IA´RDANUS
IA´RDANUS (
Ἰάρδανος), a river on the N. coast of Crete, near the banks of which the Cydonians dwelt. (
Hom. Od. 3.292.) It is identified with the rapid stream of the
Plataniá, which rises in the White Mountains, and, after flowing between the
Rhizite villages of
Thériso and
Lákí or
Lákus, runs through a valley formed by low hills, and filled with lofty platanes; from which it obtains its name.
The river of
Plataniá falls into the sea, nearly opposite the islet of
Hághios Theódhoros, where there is good anchorage. (Pashley,
Trav. vol. ii. p. 22 ; Höck,
Kreta, vol. i. pp. 23, 384.)
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E.B.J]
