Electra

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

ELECTRA(Ἠλέκτρα, Ptol. 3.17.4), a river on the S. coast of Crete, which Kiepert's map identifies with the Malogniti, the most important river in the island, flowing in a direction parallel with the coast from E. to W. Höck ( Kreta, vol. 1. p. 393) considers it to be the same as the small stream Galigni, further to the W.
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