Dia

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

DIA(Δία), a small island which lies 40 stadia ( Stadiasm. ) from the Heracleium of Cnossus in Crete (Strab. 10. p. 484; Plin. Nat. 4.20); the modern Standia. (Map of Crete, Mus. Class. Antiq. vol. 2. p. 308.)
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