In 344 BCE, Phalaecus the Phocian assisted the Cnossians against their neighbors the Lyctians, and took the city of Lyctus, from which he was driven out by Archidamus, king of Sparta.
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The citizens, on their return, abandoned it, and found refuge at Lampa.
A significant timber species, resistant to termites though susceptible to lyctus borers.