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ERYTHRAE [mod. Litri]

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 758 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ERYTHRAE [mod. Litri] , one of the Ionian cities of See also:Asia See also:Minor, situated on a small See also:peninsula stretching into the See also:Bay of Erythrae, at an equal distance from the mountains Mimas and Corycus, and directly opposite the See also:island of See also:Chios. In the peninsula excellent See also:wine was produced. The See also:town was said to have been founded by See also:Ionians under Knopos, son of See also:Codrus. Never a large See also:city, it sent only eight See also:ships to the See also:battle of Lade. The Erythraeans owned for a considerable See also:time the supremacy of See also:Athens, but towards the See also:close of the Peloponnesian See also:war they threw off their See also:allegiance to that city. After the battle of See also:Cnidus, however, they received See also:Conon, and paid him honours in an inscription, still extant. Erythrae was the birthplace of two prophetesses—one of whom, Sibylla, is mentioned by See also:Strabo as living in the See also:early See also:period of the city; the other, Athenais, lived in the time of See also:Alexander the See also:Great. The ruins include well-preserved Hellenistic walls with towers, of which five are still visible. The See also:acropolis (28o ft.) has the See also:theatre on its N. slope, and eastwards See also:lie many remains of See also:Byzantine buildings. See also:Modern Litri is a considerable See also:place and See also:port, extending from the See also:ancient See also:harbour to the ; cropolis. The smaller See also:coasting steamers See also:call, and there is an active See also:trade with Chios and See also:Smyrna.

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