Rhithymna

thumb| '''Rhithymna''' or '''Rithymna''' ({{langx|grc|Ῥίθυμνα}}) or '''Rhithymnia''' (Ῥιθυμνία), was a town of ancient Crete, Greece, which is mentioned by Ptolemy<ref>{{Cite Ptolemy|3.17.7}}</ref> and Pliny the Elder<ref>{{Cite Pliny|4.20}}</ref> as the first town on the north coast to the east of Amphimalla, and is spoken of as a Cretan city by Stephanus of Byzantium, in whose text its name is written Rhithymnia; Stephanus gives the city's ethnonyms as {{lang|grc|Ῥιθυμνιάτης}} and {{lang|grc|Ῥιθύμνιος}}.<ref>{{Cite Stephanus|''s.v.''}}</ref> It is also alluded to by Lycophron (76). Modern Rethymno retains the name of the ancient city, upon whose site it stands. Rhithymna minted coins in antiquity; maritime emblems are found on them.<ref>Eckhel, ''Numi Vet. Anecdoti'', p. 155; Rasche, vol. iv. pt. i. p. 1024; Robert Pashley, ''Crete'', vol. i. p. 101.</ref> It is believed that Arsinoe is the same town as Rhithymna.<ref>{{Barrington Atlas|page=60}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|25171}}</ref>

==See also== *List of ancient Greek cities

==References== {{Reflist}}

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Category:Populated places in ancient Crete Category:Former populated places in Greece Category:Cretan city-states Category:Rethymno