Leben (Ancient Greek: Λέβην)[1] or Lebena (Λέβηνα)[2][3][4] or Lebene (Λεβήνη)[5] was a maritime town of ancient Crete, a harbour of Gortyna, about 70 stadia inland.[1] It possessed a temple of Asclepius, of great celebrity.[6] In the Peutinger Table its name appears as Ledena.[7] According to the Stadiasmus Maris Magni, it had a harbour and was located 270 stadia from Biannus and 50 stadia from Halas.[3]
The site of Leben is located near modern Lentas.[8][9]
Leben is the homecity of the mythological heroes Euxynthetus and Leucocomas.[10]
See also
References
- Strabo. Geographica. Vol. x. p. 478. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.17.4.
- Stadiasmus Maris Magni §§ 321-322.
- Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Book 4.12.
- Pausanias (1918). "26.7". Description of Greece. Vol. 2. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- Philostrat. Vit. Apollon. 9.11.
- Peut. Tab.
- Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
- Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- Theophrastus frag. 560 FHS & G [=Strabo 10.4.12.]
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