War Against Lyctus (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! War against Lyctus or Lyttus was an internal Cretan war, fought between most Cretan city-states (Knossos, Gortys, Kydonia etc) against Lyctus. The city was destroyed in 220 BC.Lyctus or Lyttos (Greek: or ), was one of the most considerable cities in ancient Crete, which appears in the Homeric catalogue.According to Hesiod, Rhea gave birth to Zeus in a cave of Mount Aegaeon, near Lyttos. The cave has been identified since the late nineteenth century as Psychro. The inhabitants of this ancient Doric city called themselves colonists of Sparta, and the worship of Apollo appears to have prevailed there.