Polyrrhenia

Also known as Polyrrinia, Polyrrenia, Polyrrenion, Polyrrhenium, Pollyrrenia

thumb|The acropolis Polyrrhenia or Polyrrenia (; modern ), Polyrrhen or Polyrren (Πολύρρην) or Polyren (Πολύρην), or Pollyrrhenia or Pollyrrenia (Πολλύρρηνα), or Polyrrenion (Πολυρρήνιον) or Polyrrhenium, was a town and polis (city-state) in the northwest of ancient Crete, whose territory occupied the whole western extremity of the island, extending from north to south.

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Locality: Πολυρρηνία
Region: Περιφέρεια Κρήτης
Country: Ελλάς
Population: 31

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Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού | Πολυρρήνια Κισάμου

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Population: 31
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Commons category: Polyrrhenia
described at URL: odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=15761
native label: Πολυρρήνια

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History
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==Ancient references== Polyrrhenia was an important Archaic Period settlement co-temporaneous with Lato and Prinias. Strabo describes it as lying west of Cydonia, at the distance of 30 stadia from the sea, and 60 from Phalasarna, and as containing a temple of Dictynna. He adds that the Polyrrhenians formerly dwelt in villages, and that they were collected into one place by the Achaeans and Lacedaemonians, who built a strong city looking towards the south.