Minoa
MINO´A (Μινώα, Ptol. 3.17.7; Μίνω, Stadiasm.; Minoum, Plin. Nat. 4.12.)
1.A place in Crete, which Ptolemy (l. c.) fixes to the W. of the headland of Drepanon. Mr. Pashley (Trav. vol. 1. p. 44) thinks that it was situated at Stérnes, on the Akrotéri of the bay of Súdha.
2.A city of Crete, which belonged to the district of Lyctus, and stood on the narrowest part of the island, at a distance of 60 stadia from Hierapytna. (Strab. 10. p. 475; Ptol. 3.17.5.)
Its position has been fixed at Castel Mirabello, near Istrónes. (Höck, Kreta, vol. 1. p. 421.) [E.B.J]
MINO´A (Μινώα).
1.A small island in front of Nisaea, the port of Megara. [For details, see MEGARA]
2.A promontory of Laconia, S. of Epidaurus Limera. [EPIDAURUS LIMERA]
3.Another name of the island of Paros. [PAROS]
4.A city of Sicily, usually called Heracleia Minoa. [HERACLEIA MINOA.]
5.A town in the island of Amorgos. [AMORGOS]
6.A town in the island of Siphnos. [SIPHNOS]
(Μινώα). (1) See Megara.
(2) A town on the eastern coast of Laconia.
(3) A town on the northern coast of Crete.
(4) A town on the northeastern coast of Crete.
(5) See Heraclea.
- Paus. 3.23.11
- a colony from Selinus: Hdt. 5.46
- Paus. 1.44.3