Eretria In Anticity

Eretria is located on the southern part of the island of Evia and has a log historical record to exhibit. Due to its strategic location it was easily accessible from the Aegean Sea and was greatly valued. evia hotels Due to the mountain Olympus, which rises up above the city, the place was easily recognisable by the sailors. The acropolis of Eretria was situated on one of the foothills, about 130 meters high. Eretria is thought to have been the port of the city of Lefkandi, a small town of the 10th century B.C, just a bit further to the west. After the 9th century BC, however, Lefkandi was abandoned and Eretria was given the space it needed in order to grow. Just a few years later Homer mentioned the Eretrians as joining the Greek expedition to Troy.

Large number of inhabitants of Eretrian had been absent from their city in 490, hiding in Oropus. There were soldiers from Eretria that participated in the successful defense of Greece against the Persian king Xerxes, who invaded Greece in 480. Moreover, the presence of the people of Eretria is mentioned during the naval battle of Artemisium and the battle of Plataea. Ancient scriptures imply that Eretria had to be founded once more after the Persian War in a different place, even though scientists claim otherwise. Later on, Eretria was a tribute-paying member of the Delian League, since it was considered as an important ally to the Athenians