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	Erythrae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Litri) was one of the twelve Ionian cities of Asia Minor, situated 22 km north-east of Cesme, 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.
		The town was said to have been founded by Ionians under Knopos, son of Codrus.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Erythrae (259 words)

	Erythrae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		[9] There is also in Erythrae a Temple of Athena Polias and a huge wooden image of her sitting on a throne; she holds a distaff ('êlakatê') in either hand and wears a firmament ('polon', head-dress worn by Goddesses) on her head.
		BCE amphitheater, a Megaran hall, which was the residence of the king of Erythrae (725-675 BCE), a Byzantine aqueduct and a terrace wall, dating back to the first half of the 6th c.
		A building claimed to be her Sanctuary was discovered at Ildiri, a structure resembling a Nymphaeum with a number of inscriptions, one of which records the Erythraean origin of Herophile.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /AncGreece/erythrae.htm (2283 words)

	erythrae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Litri) was 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.
		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 Straboas living in the early period of the city; the other, Athenais, lived in the time of Alexander the Great.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Erythrae.html (275 words)

	ERYTHRAE - LoveToKnow Article on ERYTHRAE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		After the battle of Cnidus,however, they received Conon, and paid him honors in aninscription, still extant.
		Erythrae was the birthplace of twoprophetessesone of whom, Sibylla, is mentioned by Straboas living in the early period of the city; the other, Athenais,lived in the time of Alexander the Great.
		In July 1829 it was captured by the Russian general Paskevich, and the
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /E/ER/ERYTHRAE.htm (2559 words)

	sg_20
		For the location of Erythrae (on the coast of Asia Minor opposite the island of Chios), see the map in Thucydides, p.
		Erythrae, a member of the Delian League, had revolted from Athens.
		In the case of Erythrae, Athens required the formation of a new democratic Council of 120.
	ccwf.cc.utexas.edu /~perlman/history/sg_15.html (1055 words)

	ERYTHRAE [mod. Litri] - Online Information article about ERYTHRAE [mod. Litri] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bay of Erythrae, at an equal distance from the mountains Mimas and Corycus, and directly opposite the See also:
		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:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /EMS_EUD/ERYTHRAE_mod_Litri.html (369 words)

	SIBYL FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Sibyl's son Evander founded in Rome the shrine of Pan which is called the Lupercal.
		Apollodorus_of_Erythrae affirms the Erythraean Sibyl to have been his own countrywoman and to have predicted the Trojan_War and prophesised to the Greeks who were moving against Ilium both that Troy would be destroyed and that Homer would write falsehoods.
		The sibylline collection at Gergis was attributed to the Hellespontine Sibyl and was preserved in the temple of Apollo at Gergis.
	www.askacouple.com /sibyl (1799 words)

	pericles & athenian imperialism
		Evidence of Erythrae Decree (453/2, after revolt): "The Phrourarch of the Athenians shall establish the necessary garrison everywhere at Erythrae."
		Episkopoi mentioned in Erythrae Decreee as involved in selection of Boule.
		Erythrae Decree institutes boule on Athenian model, speaks of the Erythraean People as sovereign element.
	www.union.edu /PUBLIC/CLSDEPT/classics21/outlines/pericles&imp.htm (659 words)

	Sibylline Books biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The oldest collection of Sibylline oracles appears to have been made about the time of Solon and Cyrus at Gergis on Mount Ida in the Troad; it was attributed to the Hellespontine Sibyl and was preserved in the temple of Apollo at Gergis.
		From Gergis the collection passed to Erythrae, where it became famous as the oracles of the Erythraean Sibyl.
		With the down-to-earth Roman approach to religion, the Senate simply sent envoys in 76 BC to replace them with a collection of similar oracular sayings, in particular collected from Ilium (Troy), Erythrae, and Samos, Sicily and Africa.
	sibylline-books.biography.ms (716 words)

	Erythraean Sibyl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Erythraean Sibyl was the prophetess of classical antiquity presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Erythrae, a town in Ionia opposite Chios.
		The town was built by Neleus, the son of Codrus.
		The Erythraean Sibyl was from Chaldea a nation in the southern portion of Babylonia, being the daughter of Berosus, who wrote the Chaldean history.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/E/Erythraean-Sibyl.htm (329 words)

	Greek Mythology and Ancient Greece - Chapter 24 - 19th & 20th Year of the War - Revolt of Ionia - Persian ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		With Astyochus they were successful; but the Corinthians and the other allies being averse to it by reason of their former failure, he weighed anchor and set sail for Chios, where they eventually arrived from different quarters, the fleet having been scattered by a storm.
		After this Pedaritus, whom we left marching along the coast from Miletus, arrived at Erythrae, and thence crossed over with his army to Chios, where he found also about five hundred soldiers who had been left there by Chalcideus from the five ships with their arms.
		At Corycus in the Erythraeid he brought to for the night; the Athenian armament sailing from Samos against Chios being only separated from him by a hill, upon the other side of which it brought to; so that neither perceived the other.
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	ionia
		According to traditional sources, the Athenians, who formed the main body of the migrants, met with fierce resistance from the local inhabitants and were able to settle in Anatolia only after a series of very bloody wars.
		The Ionian cities comprised Priene, Miletus, Teos, Chios, Clazomenae, Myus, Samos, Phocaea, Lebedus, Ephesus, Colophon and Erythrae.
		Chios and Erythrae spoke the same language, and Samos a peculiar one of its own." The Ionian cities were ruled first of all by kings and later by oligarchies, but, in the course of time, some of the cities succeeded in winning popular political rights.
	turizm.net /cities/ionia (1697 words)

	Erythrai Olive Oil """History""" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		From various archaeological findings (frescos, seals, coins, jewels, utensils, etc.), historians have concluded that the olive was one of the most important sources of prosperity for the Ionian cities like Ephesus, Clazomenae, Erythrae, Colophon, and Miletus.
		Rooms with rows of large clay storage devices, called pithy, used for the storage of olives and olive oil, have been discovered and can be seen in Ephesus, Clazomenae, Erythrae, Colophon, Miletus and other places in Ionia..
		The spread of the cultivated variety of the olive tree to western places continued with the Ionians and the Carians.
	www.erythrai.com /history.htm (623 words)

	Herodotus - The Histories - Page 144
		The inhabitants of these towns have none of the peculiarities of speech which belong to the three first-named cities, but use a dialect of their own.
		There remain three other Ionian towns, two situated in isles, namely, Samos and Chios; and one upon the mainland, which is Erythrae.
		Of these Chios and Erythrae have the same dialect, while Samos possesses a language peculiar to itself.
	www.galileolibrary.com /ebooks/eu04/herodotus_page_144.htm (229 words)

	Erythrae -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Erythrae, refusing to pay tribute, seceded from the Delian League.
		Ambassadors, distinguished foreigners, and citizens who had done signal service were entertained there.
		Prytanea are attested at Sigeum in the Troas from the 6th century BC and at various dates in Cyzicus, Erythrae, Priene, Ephesus, Epidamnus, Rhodes,...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9032958 (334 words)

	Alexander the Great - Page 001
		He believed he was descended from Zues and Heracles and was destined to be king.
		Alexander "was acclaimed 'son of Zues' by the oracle at Didyma, the Sibyl at Erythrae..." (MWH, 137) and his apparent supernatural powers were affirmed at Gaugamela, at least in the eyes of most of his troops.
		Before going into battle, he prayed to the gods to "protect and strengthen the Greeks" (MWH, 137) and it was answered as the Greeks won.
	www.publishit.com /Authors/G/Grady_Brian/AlexanderTheGreat/page001.html (342 words)

	Ionia in ancient geography was the name given to a...
		The cities called Ionian in historical times were twelve in number, an arrangement copied as it was supposed from the constitution of the Ionian cities in Greece which had originally occupied the territory in the north of the Peloponnese subsequently held by the Achaea Achaeans.
		These were (from south to north) Miletus Miletus, Myus Myus, Priene Priene, Ephesus Ephesus, Colophon Colophon, Lebedus Lebedus, Teos Teos, Erythrae Erythrae, Clazomenae Clazomenae and Phocaea Phocaea, together with Samos Samos and Chios Chios.
		Smyrna Smyrna, originally an Aeolic Aeolic colony, was afterwards occupied by Ionians from Colophon, and became an Ionian city--an event which had taken place before the time of Herodotus.
	www.biodatabase.de /Ionia (1356 words)

	Historical References (Erithres) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		As a result the Thebans sent strong forces to guard the route leading from Thespiae into their country.
		After going for rather more than half a mile upon the road to Thebes, the Plataeans turned off and took that leading to the mountain, to Erythrae and Hysiae, and reaching the hills, made good their escape to Athens, two hundred and twelve men in all."
		To understand the operations which ensued, it is to be observed that the region between Cithaeron and the Asopus falls into two parts separated by a depression in the ground."
	www.compusmart.ab.ca /rgiokas/kriekouki/Pages/histreferences.htm (220 words)

	Carmen
		This may well be the case because the areas that seem to be connected with her activity in the earliest period, Erythrae and Marpessus in the Troad were in Asia Minor.
		Like other wandering prophets, she was not associated with a specific shrine and was thought to produce here oracles because she had some sort of special divine knowledge.
		He was so convinced by the people at Alexandria that he said that the people of Erythrae, who also claimed her as their citizen, were frauds.
	students.ou.edu /M/Carmen.D.Miller-1 (5454 words)

	Erythrae -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Freed from Persian rule by Alexander in 334, it supported the diadochos Antigonus I Monophthalmus.
		A free city in the Roman province of Asia, Erythrae was noted for its wine, goats, timber, and millstones, as well as its prophetic sibyls, Herophile and Athenais.
		"Erythrae." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9032958 (413 words)

	A Grammar of the Ionic Inscriptions from Erythrae: Kweku Arku Garbrah: ISBN 3445013012 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A Grammar of the Ionic Inscriptions from Erythrae: Kweku Arku Garbrah: ISBN 3445013012
		A Grammar of the Ionic Inscriptions from Erythrae: Phonology and Morphology
		This book is part of the Beitrage Zur Klassischen Philologie.
	www.bestwebbuys.com /A_Grammar_of_the_Ionic_Inscriptions_from_Erythrae-ISBN_3445013012.html?isrc=b-search (80 words)

	Find in a Library: A grammar of the Ionic inscriptions from Erythrae : phonology and morphology
		Find in a Library: A grammar of the Ionic inscriptions from Erythrae : phonology and morphology
		A grammar of the Ionic inscriptions from Erythrae : phonology and morphology
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	Asia Minor Coins - Ionia
		Nevertheless, they spoke the same distinctive form of Greek that was spoken in Attica and Euboea, and their culture was always distinguished from that of the Dorians and Aeolians.
		There came to be 12 major cities : Miletus, Myus, Priene, Samos, Ephesus, Colophon, Lebedos, Teos, Erythrae, Khios, Clazomenae and Phocaea.
		A religious league (which reached its full power in the 8th cent.
	www.asiaminorcoins.com /ionia.html (1353 words)

	MSN Encarta - Dictionary - Erythraean
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		of ancient Erythrae: relating or belonging to the ancient city of Erythrae in Turkey, or, formerly, to the group of Hamito-Semitic languages spoken in the region of Erythrae
		peoples somebody from Erythrae: somebody who was born or raised in Erythrae, or who lived in Erythrae
	ca.encarta.msn.com /dictionary_561531830/Erythraean.html (83 words)

	A Smaller Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology and Geography - ymanthus, Erysichthon, Erythrae, Erythraeum ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A Smaller Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology and Geography - ymanthus, Erysichthon, Erythrae, Erythraeum Mare, Eryx, Esquiliae, Essui, Eteocles, Etesiae, Etruria
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	Alexander's Dream of a United Nations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		From Diodorus' report it can be seen that
		His other aliases were, Orontes (of Armenia), Diodotus of Erythrae and Andragoras.
		Chandragupta's rise coincided with Alexander's fall and it is judicious to see a link.
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