[1] Pliny the Elder speaks of it as an inland town.
[2] However, Ptolemy discusses a promontory on the north coast of Crete, at its greatest breadth, called Dium Promontorium (Δίον ἄκρον - Dion akron),[3] leading some to suppose a connection to the town.
[4] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed.
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography.
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