Rhaucus

{{Short description|Town of ancient Crete}}

{{For|the genus of harvestmen|Rhaucus (harvestman)}}

Rhaucus or Rhaukos ({{langx|grc|Ῥαῦκος}})Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax p. 19; {{Cite Polybius|31.1.1, 33.15.1}} was a town of ancient Crete. From the story told about the Cretan bees by Antenor in his Creticaap. Aelian. N. A. 17.35; comp. {{Cite Diodorus|5.70}}) it seems that there were two cities of this name in Crete. The existence of two places so called in the island might give rise to some such legend as that which he mentions.{{Cite book |last=Pashley |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PzM8AAAAMAAJ&q=rhaucos |title=Travels in Crete |date=1837 |publisher=J. Murray |location=Cambridge and London |pages=235 |language=en}}

The site of one Rhaucus is at or near modern Agios Myronas,{{Cite Barrington|60}}{{Cite DARE|28842}} between Knossos and Gortyna, and from its proximity to Mount Ida, we can infer that it is the more ancient.