Cretopolis

Town of ancient Pisidia, Lycia, or Pamphylia

Cretopolis or Kretopolis (Ancient Greek: Κρητόπολις^[1] or Κρητῶν πόλις^[2]) was a town of ancient Pisidia, Lycia, or Pamphylia, according to various ancient writers. Historians of the Wars of the Diadochi, such as Diodorus, place it in Pisidia.^[3] Ptolemy places Cretopolis in the part of Cabalia, which he attaches to Pamphylia.^[1] Polybius places it in the Milyas, Lycia.^[2] The site is unknown. The Battle of Cretopolis was fought nearby in 319 BC.

Its site is located at Buğdüz, near Yüreğil in Asiatic Turkey.^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.5.
^ ^a ^b Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 5.72.
^ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 18.44, 18.47.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 65, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cretopolis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.