ERYTHRAE [mod. Litri]  , one of the Ionian cities of Asia Minor, situated on a small peninsula stretching into the Bay of Erythrae, at an equal distance from the mountains Mimas and Corycus, and directly opposite the island of Chios . In the peninsula excellent wine was produced . The town was said to have been founded by Ionians under Knopos, son of Codrus . Never a large city, it sent only eight ships to the battle of Lade . The Erythraeans owned for a considerable time the supremacy of Athens, but towards the close of the Peloponnesian war they threw off their allegiance to that city . After the battle of Cnidus, however, they received Conon, and paid him honours in an inscription, still extant . Erythrae was the birthplace of two prophetesses—one of whom, Sibylla, is mentioned by Strabo as living in the early period of the city; the other, Athenais, lived in the time of Alexander the Great . The ruins include well-preserved Hellenistic walls with towers, of which five are still visible . The acropolis (28o ft.) has the theatre on its N. slope, and eastwards lie many remains of Byzantine buildings . Modern Litri is a considerable place and port, extending from the ancient harbour to the ; cropolis . The smaller coasting steamers call, and there is an active trade with Chios and Smyrna .