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STYRA (Ancient city) EVIA
ta Stura: Eth. Stureus. A town of Euboea, on the W. coast, N. of Carystus,
and nearly opposite the promontory of Cynosura in Attica. The town stood near
the shore in the inner part of the bay, in the middle of which is the island Aegileia,
now called Sturanisi. Styra is mentioned by Homer along with Carystus (Il. ii.
539). Its inhabitants were originally Dryopians, though they denied this origin
(Herod. viii. 46; Paus. iv. 34. § 11), and claimed to be descended from the demus
of Steiria in Attica. (Strab. x. p. 446.) In the First Persian War (B.C. 490)
the Persians landed at Aegileia, which belonged to Styra, the prisoners whom they
had taken at Eretria. (Herod. vi. 107.) In the Second Persian War (B.C. 480, 479)
the Styrians fought at Artemisium, Salamis, and Plataeae. They sent two ships
to the naval engagements, and at Plataeae they and the Eretrians amounted together
to 600 men. (Herod. viii. 1, 46, ix. 28; Paus. v. 23. § 2.) They afterwards became
the subjects of Athens, and paid a yearly tribute of 1200 drachmae. (Thuc. vii.
57; Franz, Elem. Epigr. Gr. n. 49.) The Athenian fleet was stationed here B.C.
356. (Dem. c. Mid. p. 568.) Strabo relates (x. p. 446) that the town was destroyed
in the Maliac war by the Athenian Phaedrus, and its territory given to the Eretrians;
but as the Maliac war is not mentioned elsewhere, we ought probably to substitute
Lamiac for it. (Leake, Northern Greece, vol. ii. pp. 422, 432.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
(Ta Stura). Now Stura; a town in Euboea on the southwest coast, not far from Carystus, and nearly opposite Marathon in Attica.
At modern Nea Styra on the W coast. Styra was the most substantial
prehistoric settlement in the region. Two Cycladic figurines have been reported,
and Neolithic, Early Helladic, and Middle Helladic sherds, as well as some obsidian,
continue to be found at at least five sites.
Otherwise the only certain remains are Classical. The Dryopian inhabitants
were no doubt in some sense subject to Eretria during the archaic period (cf.
Strab. 446), but their formal independence dates at least from the Persian sack
of Eretria in 490 B.C. Styrans served at Artemision, Salamis, and Plataia; joined
the Delian League (normally paying one talent); and fought for Athens in the Peloponnesian
War until 411, when they revolted with the other Euboians. At an unknown date
before the 340s they had fallen back under Eretria, and shares its later history.
Quarries are frequent in the area. Three small dragon houses reminiscent
of the great building on the summit of Mt. Ocha (see Karystos) are the principal
remains. A further puzzle is provided by some 450 lead tablets with unusual names,
dating from the early 5th c. The acropolis, now surmounted by the Frankish castle
Larmena, still shows old fortifications.
Near the landing Nimporio are ancient quarries, and two tombs with
monolithic sarcophagi; half an hour inland at Pyrgos there is a tower with reused
Classical blocks.
M. B. Wallace, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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