Syia
Ancient city · Greece
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 35.249, 23.811
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Syia or Suia, also Syba (Σύβα), was a maritime town of ancient Crete.
History
Syia or Suia, also Syba (Σύβα), was a maritime town of ancient Crete. It was located on the south coast of Crete and functioned as the harbour of Elyrus. According to the Stadiasmus Maris Magni, written during Roman times, the town was located 50 stadia to the west of Poecilassus, situated on a plain. It probably existed as late as the time of Hierocles, though now entirely uninhabited.