Naxos
Ancient city · Greece
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 35.243, 25.708
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Crete, identity uncertain
History
Naxos or Naxus was a town of ancient Crete, according to the Scholiast celebrated for its whetstones. Some classicists have doubted the existence of this city. The islands Crete and Naxos were famed for their whetstones, hence the confusion.