Phoenix or Phoinix ( gr, Φοίνιξ) was the name of two towns in

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 civilization was the first civilization in Europe. After the Minoan civilization was devasta ...

, both situated on the south coast. One is mentioned in the

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in the ''

Acts of the Apostles The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its messag ...

'' regarding the voyage of the ship that was taking Paul the Apostle to

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as a prisoner, where it is said that it was a port. It looked northwest and southwest and was considered a good place to spend the winter. However, a storm prevented the ship getting there. It is identified with modern Loutro.

Strabo Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...

places another one on the southern coast of the island, on the isthmus that joins the western third with the rest of Crete, near modern Foinikas.Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
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