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Kydonia (/sɪˈdoʊniə/ or /kaɪˈdoʊniə/), also known as Cydonia (Greek: Κυδωνία, Kydōnía) was an ancient city located at the site of present-day Chania on...

Nea Kydonia (Greek: Νέα Κυδωνία) is a former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part...

Xerocrassa kydonia is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. This species is endemic to Greece...

Kydonia Province (Greek: Επαρχία Κυδωνίας) was one of the province of Chania Prefecture, Crete, Greece. Its territory corresponded with that of the current...

ancients called the fruit "golden apples". The Greeks associated it with Kydonia on Crete, as the "Cydonian pome", and Theophrastus, in his Enquiry into...

BC) was a Greek sculptor in the Classical period (5th century BC), from Kydonia. He was trained in Argos and then worked in Athens at the time of the Peloponnesian...

The Greek torpedo boat Kydoniai (Greek: TA Κυδωνίαi) served in the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1920–1941. Originally the ship was the Austro-Hungarian Fiume-class...

held in her honor. As Diktynna, her face was pictured on Cretan coins of Kydonia, Polyrrhenia and Phalasarna as the nurse of Zeus. On Crete, she was connected...

commonly refers to: Cydonia (Mars), a region of the planet Mars Cydonia or Kydonia, an ancient settlement at modern Chania in Greece Cydonia may also refer...

quaestor in Spain. Ptolemy XII deposes Cleopatra V, and becomes sole ruler. Kydonia, an ancient city on the island of Crete falls to Roman military forces...

prolonged wars between city states. During the 3rd century BC, Gortyn, Kydonia (Chania), Lyttos and Polyrrhenia challenged the primacy of ancient Knossos...

(strategos) of the ancient Cretan city of Kydonia in 69 BC at the time when the Romans attacked the city. Kydonia had aligned itself with the interests of...

ancient city was Kydonia, which flourished in the Minoan era on Crete; moreover, during a portion of the first millennium BC Kydonia held influence over...

Tityros was associated with the early Cretan city of Kydonia. Residents of the ancient city of Kydonia dedicated a temple to the goddess Britomartis on Mount...

subsequent Greek settlement was likewise known as Cydonia (Greek: Κυδωνία, Kydōnía), ultimately the source of the English word "quince". Some notable archaeological...

village of Fournes. In the past it was a community of the province of Kydonia which included, besides Meskla, the village of Zourva. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής...

city of Kydonia commanded the Gulf of Chania and was a center of early Cretan art and culture in western Crete. By 74 BC the city-state of Kydonia fended...

Persia in 387 BC. In 343 BC, the Phocaeans unsuccessfully laid siege to Kydonia on the island of Crete. During the Hellenistic period it fell under Seleucid...

Mediterranean island city-states also became part of the federation. For example, Kydonia on Crete joined at some time after 219 BC. The city of Helike had been...

declares his support for Octavian. Lappa (modern Argyroupoli) in Attica and Kydonia in Crete revolt against Cleopatra. July – The Roman Senate declares war...

historian Diodorus Siculus indicates that Phaistos, together with Knossos and Kydonia, are the three towns that were founded by King Minos on Crete. Instead...

Chania Prefecture Apokoronas Province - Vamos Kissamos Province - Kissamos Kydonia Province - Chania Selino Province - Kandanos Sfakia Province - Chora Sfakion...

Scione, Stagirus and Aphytis) leave the Delian League 429 Athens Siege of Kydonia (Local Victory) 429 Phormio, Athenian admiral, wins the Battle of Chalcis/Rhium...

Aetolian League such as the Arcadian cities of Mantineia, Tegea, Phigalia and Kydonia on Crete. During the classical period the Aetolians were not highly regarded...

literature Galatas – confirmed as a palatial site during the early 1990s Kydonia (modern Chania), the only palatial site in West Crete Gournia – town site...