one of the Ionian cities of Asia Minor, was situated on the sea-coast at about equal distances between the mountains Minas and Corycus, and directly opposite the island of Chios. Round the town was a rugged and broken territory, in which excellent wine was produced. Erythre does not seem to have ever attained that power which might have been expected from its position and resources. In the naval battle fought by the Ionian confederates before Miletus, in 494 B.C., the Erythreans had only eight ships engaged, while the Chians had a hundred. They ultimately appear to have owned the supremacy of Athens, but towards the close of the Peloponnesian war they threw off their allegiance to that city. Erythre was famous as the birth-place of two celebrated prophetesses, one of whom, by name Sibylla, appears to have lived during the early historical period of the city; the other, whose name was Athenais, flourished in the time of Alexander. The site of Erythre has been accurately ascertained; and considerable remains of its most important public buildings have been discovered at the modern Ritri.

ERYTHRÆUM MAR. See RUBRUM MAR.