Erythrae (Boeotia)

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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]

Attribution

 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.