Hysiae or Hysiai ( Ancient Greek: Ὑσιαί), also Hysia (Ὑσία), was a town of ancient Boeotia, in the Parasopia, at the northern foot of Mount Cithaeron, and on the high road from Thebes to Athens. It was said to have been a colony from Hyria, and to have been founded by Nycteus, father of Antiope. [1] Herodotus says that both Hysiae and Oenoe were Attic demoi when they were taken by the Boeotians in 507 BCE. [2] It probably, however, belonged to Plataea. [3] Oenoe was recovered by the Athenians; but, as Mt. Cithaeron was the natural boundary between Attica and Boeotia, Hysiae continued to be a Boeotian town. Hysiae is mentioned in the operations which preceded the Battle of Plataea. [4] Hysiae was in ruins in the time of Pausanias, who noticed there an unfinished temple of Apollo and a sacred well. [5] Hysiae is mentioned also by Euripides [6] and Thucydides. [7]
Its site is located near modern Kriekouki in Erythres. [8] [9]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Hyle".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
38°13′21″N 23°20′26″E / 38.2224°N 23.3405°E
Hysiae or Hysiai ( Ancient Greek: Ὑσιαί), also Hysia (Ὑσία), was a town of ancient Boeotia, in the Parasopia, at the northern foot of Mount Cithaeron, and on the high road from Thebes to Athens. It was said to have been a colony from Hyria, and to have been founded by Nycteus, father of Antiope. [1] Herodotus says that both Hysiae and Oenoe were Attic demoi when they were taken by the Boeotians in 507 BCE. [2] It probably, however, belonged to Plataea. [3] Oenoe was recovered by the Athenians; but, as Mt. Cithaeron was the natural boundary between Attica and Boeotia, Hysiae continued to be a Boeotian town. Hysiae is mentioned in the operations which preceded the Battle of Plataea. [4] Hysiae was in ruins in the time of Pausanias, who noticed there an unfinished temple of Apollo and a sacred well. [5] Hysiae is mentioned also by Euripides [6] and Thucydides. [7]
Its site is located near modern Kriekouki in Erythres. [8] [9]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Hyle".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
38°13′21″N 23°20′26″E / 38.2224°N 23.3405°E