Homeric Rhytion was probably at Rotasani Kefala near the modern village of Rotasi (near Pyrgos, south-east of the Mesara Plain) The city continued to be independent until the Hellenistic period.
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Rhytion is an ancient city of Crete, one of the seven cities of Crete that participated in the Trojan War according to the Iliad (besides Knossos, Gortys, Lykastos, Milatos, Lyktos, and Phaistos).