Praisos
Praisos (in Greek, Πραισός) is the name of an ancient Greek city in Crete. It is located in the east of the island on the peninsula of Sitia, north of the present village of Nea Presos (formerly Vaveli).
The site was populated in Neolithic times, and remnants of Minoan and Mycenaean settlements have also been found. Praisos was inhabited by Eteocretans and included the temple of Dictaean Zeus. The inhabitants of Praisos believed that the Kouretes were children of Athena and Helios.
The city was razed by the inhabitants of Ierapetra in 140 BCE, in a war that pitted Gortyn and Ierapetra against Knossos and its allies.[1][2] The remains of the city are distributed over three hills and include a partially preserved wall.
Strabo said it stood 70 stadia from the ocean, between Cape Samonium and Hersonissos, and close to Mount Dikti. Strabo also said that its territory bordered on that of Lentas, but this idea seems to have stemmed from confusion with the similarly-named city of Priansus.
Praisos was mentioned by Theophrastus in On Love: Leucocomas, the beloved of Euxinthetus, gives his lover the task of bringing his dog back from Praisos to Gortyn.