Amphimalla (
Greek: ,
Strabo
Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...
p. 475;
Plin. iv. 20) or Amphimalion (Greek: ,
Steph. B. ''s. v.''), was an ancient town on the north coast of
Crete,
Greece, situated on the bay named after it (
Ptol. iii. 17. § 7), which corresponds, according to some, to the
Almyros Bay
Almyros or Halmyros ( el, Αλμυρός, , , ) is a town and a municipality of the regional unit of Magnesia, region of Thessaly, Greece. It lies in the center of prosperous fertile plain known as 'Krokio Pedio', which is crossed by torrents. Alm ...
(Armiro), and, according to others, to
Suda Bay.
The site of Amphimalla has not been located with precision; although the editors of the
Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World choose the Bay of Almyros, and place Amphimalla at its extreme southwest corner approximately on the site of the modern town of
Georgioupoli
Georgioupoli ( el, Γεωργιούπολη) is a resort village and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece.
Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Apokoronas, of which it is a municipal unit. ...
, in
Chania regional unit.
References
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Richard Talbert,
Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (), p. 60.
Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Crete
Port settlements in ancient Crete
Chania (regional unit)
Populated places in ancient Crete
Former populated places in Greece
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