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ERYTHRES (Ancient city) TURKEY
Diognetus. A general of the Erythrean forces which aided Miletus in a war with
the Naxians. Being entrusted with the command of a fort for the annoyance of Naxos,
he fell in love with Polycrita, a Naxian prisoner, and married her. Through her
means the Naxians became masters of the fort in question. At the capture of it
she saved her husband's life, but died herself of joy at the honours heaped on
her by her countrymen. There are other editions of the story, varying slightly
in the details. (Plut. de Mul. Virt. s. v. Polukrite; Polyaen. viii. 36 ; Parthen.
Erot. 9.)
This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Oct 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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