Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), L, Libya, Lindus

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Lindus

（Αίνδος). One of the three Dorian cities in the island of Rhodes, situated on the eastern coast. Its modern name is Lindo. It is mentioned by Homer ( Il. ii. 656), with its kindred cities, Ialysus and Camirus. These three cities, with Cos, Cnidus, and Halicarnassus, formed the original Hexapolis, in the southwest corner of Asia Minor. Lindus stood upon a mountain in a district abounding in vines and figs, and had two celebrated temples, one of Athené surnamed Αινδία and one of Heracles. It was the birthplace of Cleobulus, one of the seven wise men. It retained much of its consequence even after the foundation of Rhodes. Inscriptions of some importance have been found in its Acropolis.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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