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• ERYTHRAE [mod. Litri]

ERYTHRAE [mod. Litri]  , one of the Ionian cities of See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, situated on a small See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula stretching into the See also:

• BAY

Bay of See also:

• ERYTHRAE [mod. Litri]

Erythrae, at an equal distance from the mountains Mimas and Corycus, and directly opposite the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• CHIOS

Chios . In the peninsula excellent See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine was produced . The See also:

• TOWN

town was said to have been founded by See also:

• IONIANS

Ionians under Knopos, son of See also:

• CODRUS

Codrus . Never a large See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, it sent only eight See also:

• SHIPS

ships to the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Lade . The Erythraeans owned for a considerable See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the supremacy of See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, but towards the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the Peloponnesian See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war they threw off their See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance to that city . After the battle of See also:

• CNIDUS (mod. Tekir)

Cnidus, however, they received See also:

• CONON

Conon, and paid him honours in an inscription, still extant . Erythrae was the birthplace of two prophetesses—one of whom, Sibylla, is mentioned by See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo as living in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of the city; the other, Athenais, lived in the time of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander the See also:

• GREAT

Great . The ruins include well-preserved Hellenistic walls with towers, of which five are still visible . The See also:

• ACROPOLIS (Gr. aKpos, top, a6)Xts, city)

acropolis (28o ft.) has the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre on its N. slope, and eastwards See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie many remains of See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine buildings . See also:

• MODERN

Modern Litri is a considerable See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place and See also:

• PORT

port, extending from the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour to the ; cropolis . The smaller See also:

• COASTING

coasting steamers See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call, and there is an active See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade with Chios and See also:

• SMYRNA (Ismir)

Smyrna .