Near the Cretan city of cydonia the Jardanus, i.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker
For Nicias, a Cretan of Gortys, who was proxenus of the Athenians, had persuaded them to sail against cydonia, promising to procure the reduction of that hostile town; his real wish being to oblige the Polichnitans, neighbours of the cydonians.
"The History of the Peloponnesian War"
Thucydides