O´LERUS
O´LERUS (
Ὤλερος, Xenion, ap.
Steph. B. sub voce: Eth.
Ὠλέριος, Böckh,
Inscr. vol. ii. No. 2555; Eustath.
ad Il. ii. p. 664), a town of Crete, situated on a hill, with a temple to Athene.
In the struggle between Cnossus and Lyctus, the people of Olerus sided with the latter. (
Plb. 4.53, where the reading
Ὄριοι appears to be a mistake.)
In the
Descrizione dell' Isola di Candia, A.D. 1538 (ap. Mus. Class. Antiq. vol. ii. p. 271), the site is occupied by a place called
Castel Messelerius. (Höck,
Kreta, vol. i. pp. 17, 424.)
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