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🌍 Aptera (Crete)

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  • Information
    city in Crete
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q622234
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589704
    In
    🌍 Crete (island)
    Eponym
    👤 Pteras builder of the second (mythical) temple at Delphi
    Related entities
    👤 Pteras builder of the second (mythical) temple at Delphi👥 the Dactyloi group of young demigods, often identified with Couretes on Mount Ida🌍 Mount Berecynthos (Crete) mountain near Aptera in Crete
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 10.5.9-10.5.10📖 Diodoros, Library 5.64.1-5.64.7
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasDiodoros, Library
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