Corycus or Korykos (Ancient Greek: Κώρυκος) was a town in the northwestern part of ancient Crete on the peninsula of the same name mentioned by Ptolemy. There is a passage in which Juvenal mentions a Corycian vessel which evidently belonged to this Cretan town. When the Florentine traveller Cristoforo Buondelmonti visited Crete in 1415, he found remains existing.
References
- Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 4.20.
- Juvenal, 14.267
- Cornelius, Creta Sacra, vol. i. p. 87; Robert Pashley, Trav. vol. ii. p. 74; Hoeck, Kreta, vol. i. p. 377.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Corycus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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