38°14′09″N 23°24′13″E / 38.235699°N 23.403565°E
Erythrae or Erythrai ( Ancient Greek: Ἐρυθραί) was a town in ancient Boeotia, mentioned by Homer among the Boeotians ruled by Thersander in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad. [1] It lay a little south of the Asopus, at the foot of Mount Cithaeron. [2] The camp of Mardonius extended along the Asopus from Erythrae and past Hysiae to the territory of Plataea. [3] Erythrae is frequently mentioned by other authorities in connection with Hysiae. [4] [5] Apollodorus records the town as Erythra (Ἐρυθρά). [6] It was in ruins in the time of Pausanias (second century). [7]
The site of Erythrae is at a place called Darimari in the current town of Erythres. [8] [9]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Erythrae".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
38°14′09″N 23°24′13″E / 38.235699°N 23.403565°E
Erythrae or Erythrai ( Ancient Greek: Ἐρυθραί) was a town in ancient Boeotia, mentioned by Homer among the Boeotians ruled by Thersander in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad. [1] It lay a little south of the Asopus, at the foot of Mount Cithaeron. [2] The camp of Mardonius extended along the Asopus from Erythrae and past Hysiae to the territory of Plataea. [3] Erythrae is frequently mentioned by other authorities in connection with Hysiae. [4] [5] Apollodorus records the town as Erythra (Ἐρυθρά). [6] It was in ruins in the time of Pausanias (second century). [7]
The site of Erythrae is at a place called Darimari in the current town of Erythres. [8] [9]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Erythrae".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.