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Leben (Crete)

Leben or Lebena (Λέβηνα) or Lebene (Λεβήνη) was a maritime town of ancient Crete, a harbour of Gortyna, about 70 stadia inland. It possessed a temple of Asclepius, of great celebrity. In the Peutinger Table its name appears as Ledena. According to the Stadiasmus Maris Magni, it had a harbour and was located 270 stadia from Biannus and 50 stadia from Halas.

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Leben (Ancient Greek: Λέβην)1 or Lebena (Λέβηνα)234 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.89

Leben is the homecity of the mythological heroes Euxynthetus and Leucocomas.10

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References

  1. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. x. p. 478. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.17.4.
  3. Stadiasmus Maris Magni §§ 321-322.
  4. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Book 4.12.
  5. 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.
  6. Philostrat. Vit. Apollon. 9.11.
  7. Peut. Tab.
  8. 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.
  9. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  10. Theophrastus frag. 560 FHS & G [=Strabo 10.4.12.]

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