Charadra (Phocis)

38°39′17″N 22°28′12″E Charadra (Ancient Greek: Χαράδρα)^[1] was a city of ancient Phocis, and one of the Phocian towns destroyed by Xerxes I in 480 BCE during the Greco-Persian Wars.^[2] Pausanias describes Charadra as situated 20 stadia from Lilaea, upon a lofty and precipitous rock. He further states that the inhabitants suffered from a scarcity of water, which they obtained from the torrent Charadrus, a tributary of the Cephissus, distant three stadia from the town.^[3] Situated in the agora of the town, Pausanias noted altars of heroes; some thought they were of the Dioscuri, others thought they were of local heroes.^[4]

The site of Charadra is near modern Mariolata (Mariolates).^[5][6] It was rebuilt after the Third Sacred War and some remains of its gates and walls have been found.^[7]