Psychium
Ancient city · Greece
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 35.105, 24.565
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Town on the south coast of ancient Crete
History
Psychium or Psychion, or Psycheium or Psycheion (Ψυχήιον), also known as Psychea, was a town on the south coast of ancient Crete on a promontory of the same name. Ptolemy between the mouths of the rivers Massalia and Electra. According to the Stadiasmus Maris Magni, it had a harbour and was located on the south coast of Crete, 12 stadia west of Sulia and 150 stadia from Lamon.