(), a nymph from whom mount Dicte in Crete was said
to have received its name. She was beloved and pursued by Minos, but she threw herself into
the sea, where she was caught up and saved in the nets (δίκτυον) of fishermen. Minos then desisted from pursuing her, and ordered the
district to be called the Dictaean. (Serv. ad Aen. 3.171;
comp. BRITOMARTIS.)