Phoenix or Phoinix (Greek: Φοίνιξ) was the name of two towns in ancient Crete, both situated on the south coast.
It looked northwest and southwest and was considered a good place to spend the winter.
[2][3] Strabo places another one on the southern coast of the island, on the isthmus that joins the western third with the rest of Crete,[4] near modern Foinikas.
[5][6] Either one appears in the list of 22 cities of Crete mentioned in the Synecdemus of Hierocles in the 520s.
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