Eretria

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Meaning

Eretria

(historical) A town in Euboea, Greece, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow South Euboean Gulf. It was an important polis in the 6th/5th century BC.

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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, John Murray, London, 1875. p. 384 * Eretria : According to the Homeric hymn to Apollo, the god arrived to the plain, seeking for a location to establish its oracle. Source: Internet

In response to this raid, Darius swore to burn down Athens and Eretria. Source: Internet

Reaching Euboea in mid-summer after a successful campaign in the Aegean, the Persians proceeded to besiege and capture Eretria. Source: Internet

Plutarch identified this Amphidamas with the hero of the Lelantine War between Chalcis and Eretria and he concluded that the passage must be an interpolation into Hesiod's original work, assuming that the Lelantine War was too late for Hesiod. Source: Internet

The fall of Eretria a few weeks earlier, in late summer just after the collecting of the crops, should have provided plenty of supplies to the Persians. Source: Internet

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