Ceraea or Keraia ( grc, Κεραία), also known as Cerea or Kerea (Κερέα), Ceraeae or Keraiai (Κεραῖαι), was a town of

ancient Crete The history of Crete goes back to the 7th millennium BC, preceding the ancient Minoan civilization by more than four millennia. The palace-based Minoan civilization was the first civilization in Europe. After the Minoan civilization was devast ...

. It is mentioned by

Polybius Polybius (; grc-gre, Πολύβιος, ; ) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period. He is noted for his work , which covered the period of 264–146 BC and the Punic Wars in detail. Polybius is important for his analysis of the mixed ...

, and minted coins similar to those of

Polyrrhenia Polyrrhenia or Polyrrenia ( grc, Πολυρρηνία; modern el, Πολυρρηνία, Polyrrinia), Polyrrhen or Polyrren (Πολύρρην) or Polyren (Πολύρην), or Pollyrrhenia or Pollyrrenia (Πολλύρρηνα),''Periplus of Pseudo- ...

in antiquity. The site of Ceraea is tentatively located near modern

Meskla Meskla (Μεσκλά) is a village in the municipality of Platanias, a regional unit of Chania, western Crete, in Greece. According to the 2011 census it has 333 inhabitants. It is built on an altitude of 200 meters, at the northern foothills of t ...

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