MILETUS (anc. geogr.), a town of Crete men-
tioned by Homer; but where situate does not appear.
It is said to be the mother-town of Miletus in Caria,
whither a colony was led by Sarpedon, Minos's bro-
ther, (Ephorus, quoted by Strabo). Milefii, the
people, (Ovid).