APTERA, (Strabo, Stephanus); APTERON, (Pliny); APTERIA, (Ptolemy): An inland town of Crete, whose port was Cifanus, on the west side of the island, (Strabo); 12 miles to the south of Cydonia towards the Montes Leuci, and as many from the Sinus Amphimales. So called from the Sirens, who, being there vanquished in song by the Muses, stript themselves of their wings, and out of grief leaped into the sea, (Stephanus). There was a town of Lycia of the same name. E. Long. 25. N. Lat. 35. 50.