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ERYTHRAE [mod. Litri]

This article appears in Volume V09, Page 758 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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


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