Apollonia ( grc, Ἀπολλωνία), also called Eleuthera (Ἐλεύθερα) was an ancient city of
Crete
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, on the south coast.
William Smith states that the philosopher
Diogenes Apolloniates
Diogenes of Apollonia ( ; grc, Διογένης ὁ Ἀπολλωνιάτης, Diogénēs ho Apollōniátēs; 5th century BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, and was a native of the Milesian colony Apollonia in Thrace. He lived for some ti ...
was a native of the environs of Apollonia (the ''Apolloniates''), although other scholars claim that the Apollonia in question was the
Thracian one. The editors of the
Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World
The ''Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World'' is a large-format English language atlas of ancient Europe, Asia, and North Africa, edited by Richard J. A. Talbert. The time period depicted is roughly from archaic Greek civilization (pre- ...
place Apollonia at
Sellia.
The site of Apollonia is near the modern
Sellia.
See also
* List of ancient Greek cities
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References
Cretan city-states
Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Crete
Populated places in ancient Crete
Former populated places in Greece
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