Eretria

American  

[ih-ree-tree-uh] / ɪˈri tri ə /

noun

1. an ancient city in Greece, on the W coast of the island of Euboea: destroyed by the Persians in 490 B.C.

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Eretria British  

/ ɪˈrɛtrɪə /

noun

1. an ancient city in Greece, on the S coast of Euboea: founded as an Ionian colony; destroyed by the Persians in 490 _bc following which it never regained its former significance

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Eretria

According to MTV, the television series will follow the half-elf, half-human character Wil and human Eretria as they both try to rid their world of an evil demon army.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2015

Eretria was the birthplace of the tragedian Achaeus and of the “Megarian” philosopher Menedemus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

Now, as Marathon was the spot in Attica best adapted for cavalry, and nearest to Eretria, Hippias, son of Pisistratus, conducted them there.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

According to Cicero, Theophrastus, who came from as near Attica as Eretria in Euboea, was easily detected by a market-woman as no Athenian after he had lived thirty years in Athens.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

Why, on this showing, has he suffered Eretria and Carystus to be taken?

From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus