(anc. geog.), a port town of Etolia, on the Corinthian bay. Another Erythrae of Boeotia, near Platæa and mount Cithæron. A third Erythrae, a town of Ionia in the Hither Asia, situated in the peninsula, at its extremity, with a cognominal port. The Erythreans laid claim to the Sibyl Herophilus, as their country-woman, fumigated thence Erythrea. Erythrae was famous for an ancient temple of Hercules.

ERYTHRÆA, a town of Crete, situated in the south east of the island, at the promontory Erythraum.