 Polybius, on this occasion, bears testimony to the high character of the Lyctians, as compared with their countrymen.They afterwards recovered their city by the aid of the Gortynians, who gave them a place called Diatonium, which they had taken from the Knossians.Lyctus was sacked by the Roman general Metellus, but was existing in the time of Strabo at a distance of 80 stadia (15 km) from the Libyan Sea.