Corium or Korion ( grc, Κόριον) was a town 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 civilization was the first civilization in Europe. After the Minoan civilization was devast ...

, near which was a temple to

Athena Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarded as the patron and protectress of ...

and Lake Koresia (λίμνη Κορησία), which was Crete's only natural freshwater lake. Its site is located near modern Voulgari Armokastella, Melampes.

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