Erythras ( grc, Ἐρυθρᾶς) was a port town of
ancient Ionia
Ionia () was an ancient region on the western coast of Anatolia, to the south of present-day Izmir. It consisted of the northernmost territories of the Ionian League of Greek settlements. Never a unified state, it was named after the Ionian ...
, near
Erythrae
Erythrae or Erythrai ( el, Ἐρυθραί) later Litri, was one of the twelve Ionian cities of Asia Minor, situated 22 km north-east of the port of Cyssus (modern name: Çeşme), on a small peninsula stretching into the Bay of Erythrae ...
.
Strabo, whose description proceeds from south to north, after describing Teos, says, "before you come to
Erythrae
Erythrae or Erythrai ( el, Ἐρυθραί) later Litri, was one of the twelve Ionian cities of Asia Minor, situated 22 km north-east of the port of Cyssus (modern name: Çeşme), on a small peninsula stretching into the Bay of Erythrae ...
, first is
Erae, a small city of the Teians, then Corycus, a lofty mountain, and a harbour under it,
Casystes; and another harbour called Erythras."
Its site is tentatively located near the modern
Sarpdere Limanı,
Asiatic Turkey.
References
Populated places in ancient Ionia
Former populated places in Turkey
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