Araden ( grc, Ἀραδήν) was a town and ''

polis ''Polis'' (, ; grc-gre, πόλις, ), plural ''poleis'' (, , ), literally means "city" in Greek. In Ancient Greece, it originally referred to an administrative and religious city center, as distinct from the rest of the city. Later, it also ...

'' (city-state) of ancient Crete.

Stephanus of Byzantium Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethni ...

claims was Araden later name of, rather than a successor settlement to,

Anopolis Anopolis ( grc, Ἀνώπολις) was a town and ''polis'' (city-state) of ancient Crete The history of Crete goes back to the 7th millennium BC, preceding the ancient Minoan civilization by more than four millennia. The palace-based Minoan ci ...

(Ἀνώπολις) Its site is located near modern Aradena.

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Populated places in ancient Crete Former populated places in Greece Cretan city-states {{AncientCrete-geo-stub