Erythrae
Erythrae or Erythrai later Lythri was one of the twelve Ionian cities of Asia Minor, situated 22 km north-east of the port of Cyssus, 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ruined city of the Ionian League in present day Izmir, Turkey
- Also known as: “Eritrea”, “Erythrae, Turkey”, “Erythrai”, “Litri”, and “Lythri”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ildir and Nohutalan.
Ildir
Village
Photo: The Stranger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ildır is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Çeşme, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 758. It is a picturesque sea-side village on the Aegean Sea coast, located about twenty-five kilometers north of Çeşme town, facing Chios.
Nohutalan
Village
Nohutalan is a village in the Urla district of Izmir province, Turkey. Its population in 2018 was 150. Nohutalan is situated 8 km southeast of Erythrae.
Barbaros
Village
Photo: Kadı, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barbaros is a village, which is situated 10 km southeast of Erythrae.
Erythrae
- Categories: polis, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Çeşme, İzmir Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Erythrae” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إرتريا”
- Breton: “Eritre”
- Breton: “Erythrai”
- Bulgarian: “Еритрея”
- Catalan: “Èritres de Jònia”
- Chinese: “埃律特莱亚”
- Chinese: “埃律特萊亞”
- Dutch: “Eritrea”
- Esperanto: “Eritreo”
- Finnish: “Erythrai (Joonia)”
- Finnish: “Erythrai”
- French: “Erythree”
- French: “Érythrée”
- French: “Erythrées”
- French: “Érythrées”
- French: “Érythres”
- German: “Erythrai”
- Greek: “Ερυθραία Ιωνίας”
- Greek: “Ερυθραία”
- Greek: “Ερυθρές Ιωνίας”
- Greek: “Λυθρί Ιωνίας”
- Hebrew: “אריתראי”
- Indonesian: “Erythrai”
- Italian: “Eritre”
- Italian: “Eritrea”
- Italian: “Erythrae”
- Japanese: “エリュトライ”
- Korean: “에리트라이”
- Latin: “Erythrae”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Erythrai”
- Norwegian: “Erythrai”
- Persian: “اریترای”
- Polish: “Erythraj”
- Portuguese: “Eritre”
- Russian: “Эрифры”
- Slovak: “Ildırı”
- Slovenian: “Eritre”
- Slovenian: “Erythrae”
- Spanish: “Eritras”
- Swedish: “Erythrai, Mindre Asien”
- Turkish: “Erithrai”
- Turkish: “Erythrae”
- Turkish: “Litri”
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