Korykos — the NW. promontory of Crete. In Strabo the name appears as Cimarus. Elsewhere Strabo states…
Ancient Greek word, found 14 times in the texts on Socratos.
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.34.1: ἐν τούτῳ δὲ καὶ ἡ τῶν Ἀθηναίων στρατιὰ ταῖς ναυσὶν ἐκ τοῦ Κωρύκου περιπλέουσα κατ’ Ἀργῖνον ἐπιτυγχάνει τρισὶ ναυσὶ τῶν Χίων μακραῖς, καὶ ὡς εἶδον, ἐδίωκον· καὶ χειμών τε μέγας …
Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1210: κωρύκους, ὡς λήψεται πυ-
Strabo, Geography 8.5.1: … αθʼ ἡμᾶς τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων ἡγεμών· περίκειται δὲ νησίδια πλείω τὰ μὲν ἐγγὺς τὰ δὲ καὶ μικρὸν ἀπωτέρω)· εἰς δὲ Κώρυκον ἄκραν τῆς Κρήτης ἐγγυτάτω πλοῦς ἐστι σταδίων ἑπτακοσίων πεντήκοντα.