ERYTHRÆ, in Ancient Geography, a port-town of Ætolia, on the Corinthian bay. Another Erythre of Bœotia, near Plataea and Mount Cithæron. A third Erythre, a town of Ionia in the Hither Asia, situated in the peninsula, at its extremity, with a cognominal port. The Erythræans laid claim to the Sibyl Herophile, as their countrywoman, surnamed thence Erythrae. Erythre was famous for an ancient temple of Hercules.
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