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(Ἀπτάρα, Ἀπτέρα; Aptára, Aptéra). Port in the north-west of Crete on a 230 m high plateau, today Aptara; on coins and in inscriptions Aptara, in literature Aptera (ancient explanation of the name: Steph. Byz. s. v. A.; Paus. 10,5,10). Signs of settlement from the 2nd millennium BC. Frequently involved in interstate politics in early Hellenistic times. In 220 BC under pressure from Polyrrhenia A. terminated its alliance with Knossos (Pol. 4,55,4). There is evidence of a symmachia with Cydonia i…