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Erythrae

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  Eruthrai: Eth. Eruthraios. An ancient town in Boeotia, mentioned by Homer, and said to have been the mother-city of Erythrae in Boeotia. (Hom. Il. ii. 499; Strab. ix.). It lay a little south of the Asopus, at the foot of Mount Cithaeron. The camp of Mardonius extended along the Asopus from Erythrae and past Hysiae to the territory of Plataea. (Herod. ix. 15, 25.) Erythrae is frequently mentioned by other authorities in connection with Hysiae. It was in ruins in the time of Pausanias. Leake places it to the eastward of Katzula at the foot of the rocks, where are some foundations of Hellenic walls, together with a church containing a Doric column and its capital.

This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited May 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD)
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Per...

Ερυθραί

Πόλη των Βοιωτών, κοντά στο πεδίο της μάχης των Πλαταιών. Τον καιρό του Παυσανία ήταν ερείπια (9,2,1).

Erythrai: Perseus Encyclopedia
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Per...

Βρίσκεται 4,5 χλμ. Α των σημερινών Ερυθρών και είχε ήδη αναγνωριστεί από τον W.M. Leake το 1805. Στη θέση Πηγάδια κοντά στο χωριό Κατσούλας (Ομηρικό Λεξικό Ι.Πανταζίδη).