Istron ( grc, Ἴστρων) was a town of
ancient Crete. Istron is mentioned in a list of Cretan cities cited in a decree of
Cnossus
Knossos (also Cnossos, both pronounced ; grc, Κνωσός, Knōsós, ; Linear B: ''Ko-no-so'') is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe's oldest city.
Settled as early as the Neolithic period, the na ...
from about 259-233 BCE, as well as in the list of Cretan cities that signed an alliance with
Eumenes II of Pergamon
Eumenes II Soter (; grc-gre, Εὐμένης Σωτήρ; ruled 197–159 BC) was a ruler of Pergamon, and a son of Attalus I Soter and queen Apollonis and a member of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon.
Biography
The eldest son of king Attalus I a ...
in the year 183 BCE.
The site of Istron is located near modern
Priniatikos Pyrgos.
References
Populated places in ancient Crete
Former populated places in Greece
Cretan city-states
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