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IERAPYTNA (Ancient city) IERAPETRA
The city (Hierapytna) is situated on the gulf. Then the island projects into a sharp promontory, Samonium, which slopes in the direction of Aegypt and the islands of the Rhodians. (Strabo 10.4.3)
Ida is not only a Trojan, but also a Cretan, mountain; and Dicte is a place in Scepsia and also a mountain in Crete; and Pytna, after which the city Hierapytna was named, is a peak of Ida. (Strabo 10.3.20)
LARISSA (Ancient city) IERAPETRA
Larisa is also the name of a place on Ossa; another is Larisa Cremaste, by some called Pelasgia; and in Crete is a city Larisa, now joined to Hierapytna, whence the plain that lies below is now called Larisian Plain. (Strabo 9.5.19)
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