Hyrtacina or Hyrtakina (Ancient Greek: Ὑρτακίνα), also written as Hyrsacina or Hyrsakina (Ὑρσακίνα),[1] or Artacina or Artakina (Ἀρτάκινα),[2] was a city of ancient Crete, which, little as we learn of its position from Ptolemy[2] and Stephanus of Byzantium,[3] yet we may safely infer from the former's words that it was situated to the southeast of Polyrrhenia, and to the west of Lappa. The Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax teaches us more respecting its site; it places it on the south of the island, and to the south of the Dictynnean temple of Artemis and the Pergamian district. These indications agree well with the situation of the ruins discovered by Robert Pashley on Kastri hill between the existing villages Temenia and Papadiana.[4]