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Tityrus

Τίτυρος

Tityrus (Τίτυρος, Strab. x. p.479), a mountain in the NW. part of Crete, not far from Cydonia. Upon it was the sanctuary or temple called Dictynnaeum. (Strab. ib.) One of its spurs formed the headland also called Tityrus (Stadiasm. p. 302) or Psacum. (Cape Spada.)

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.