Lycastus or Lykastos ( Greek: Λύκαστος) was a town of ancient Crete, mentioned in the Catalogue of Ships in Homer's Iliad. [1] Strabo says that it had entirely disappeared, having been conquered and destroyed by the Knossians. [2] According to Polybius the Lycastian district was afterwards wrested from Knossos by the Gortynians, who gave it to the neighbouring town of Rhaucus. [3]
Its site is located near modern Rokka. [4] [5]
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Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Lycastus".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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