Sybrita (),Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax 47 or Subrita or Soubrita (Σούβριτα), or Subritus or Soubritos (Σούβριτος), or Sibyrtus or Sibyrtos (Σίβυρτος),Polybius ap. was a town of ancient Crete, 8 M. P. from Eleutherna,Peut. Tab. and famous for its numerous and beautiful silver coins, which, though some of them belong to a very early period, are fine specimens of a Cretan mint; the types are always connected with the worship of Dionysus or Hermes.Eckhel, Doctrina numorum veterum, vol. ii. p. 320.
It was the seat of a bishop; no longer a residential bishop, under the name Subrita it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
The site of Sybrita is located near modern Thronos.
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