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VIENNOS (Ancient city) CHANIA
Eth. Biennios: Vianos. A small city of Crete which the coast-describer
(Geogr. Graec. Minor. ed. Gail, vol. ii. p. 495) places at some distance from
the sea, midway between Hierapytna and Leben, the most eastern of the two parts
of Gortyna. The Blenna of the Peutinger Table, which is placed at 30 M. P. from
Arcadia, and 20 M. P. from Hierapytna, is no doubt the same as Biennus. In Hierocles,
the name of this city occurs under the form of Bienna. The contest of Otus and
Ephialtes with Ares is said to have taken place near this city. (Homer, Il. v.
315; Steph. B. s. v.) From this violent conflict the city is said to have derived
its name. Mr. Pashley, in opposition to Dr. Cramer, who supposes that certain
ruins said to be found at a considerable distance to the E. of Haghii Saranta
may represent Biennus, fixes the site at Vianos, which agrees very well with the
indications of the coast-describer. (Pashley, Travels, vol. i. p. 267.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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