Charadra (Phocis)

38°39′17″N 22°28′12″E / 38.6548°N 22.47°E / 38.6548; 22.47 Charadra (Ancient Greek: Χαράδρα)^[1] was a city of ancient Phocis, and one of the Phocian towns destroyed by Xerxes I in 480 BCE during the Greco-Persian Wars.^[2] Pausanias describes Charadra as situated 20 stadia from Lilaea, upon a lofty and precipitous rock. He further states that the inhabitants suffered from a scarcity of water, which they obtained from the torrent Charadrus, a tributary of the Cephissus, distant three stadia from the town.^[3] Situated in the agora of the town, Pausanias noted altars of heroes; some thought they were of the Dioscuri, others thought they were of local heroes.^[4]

The site of Charadra is near modern Mariolata (Mariolates).^[5]^[6] It was rebuilt after the Third Sacred War and some remains of its gates and walls have been found.^[7]

References

^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 8.33.
^ Pausanias (1918). "3.2". Description of Greece. Vol. 10. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
^ Pausanias (1918). "33.6". Description of Greece. Vol. 10. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ María Cruz Herrero Ingelmo (2008). Pausanias, Descripción de Grecia (in Spanish). Vol. 3, libros VII-X. Madrid: Gredos. p. 449 & accompanying note. ISBN 978-84-249-1650-3.

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[1] Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.

[2] Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 8.33.

[3] Pausanias (1918). "3.2". Description of Greece. Vol. 10. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.

[4] Pausanias (1918). "33.6". Description of Greece. Vol. 10. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.

[5] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

[6] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

[7] María Cruz Herrero Ingelmo (2008). Pausanias, Descripción de Grecia (in Spanish). Vol. 3, libros VII-X. Madrid: Gredos. p. 449 & accompanying note. ISBN 978-84-249-1650-3.

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