Rhithymna

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Rhithymna or Rithymna ({{langx|grc|Ῥίθυμνα}}) or Rhithymnia (Ῥιθυμνία), was a town of ancient Crete, Greece, which is mentioned by Ptolemy{{Cite Ptolemy|3.17.7}} and Pliny the Elder{{Cite Pliny|4.20}} 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}}.{{Cite Stephanus|s.v.}} 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.Eckhel, Numi Vet. Anecdoti, p. 155; Rasche, vol. iv. pt. i. p. 1024; Robert Pashley, Crete, vol. i. p. 101. It is believed that Arsinoe is the same town as Rhithymna.{{Cite Barrington|60}}{{Cite DARE|25171}}