Inatus or Inatos (Ancient Greek: Ἴνατος),[1] or Einatus or Einatos (Ἔινατος),[2] was a city of ancient Crete, situated on a mountain and river of the same name. The Peutinger Table puts a place called Inata on a river 24 M.P. east of Lisia, and 32 M.P. west of Hierapytna. These distances, assuming Lisia is Lasaea agree well with the site near Tsoutsouros where modern scholars place Inatus.[3][4] The goddess Eileithyia is said to have been worshipped here, and to have obtained one of her epithets, from it.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.17.2.
  2. ↑ Hesych. Etym. Magn. s. v.; Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  3. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying.
  4. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  5. ↑ Callim. Fr. 168.

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

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