MINO´A
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. i. 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. x. p.475;
Ptol. 3.17.5.)
Its position has been fixed at
Castel Mirabello, near
Istrónes. (Höck,
Kreta, vol. i. p. 421.) [
E.B.J]