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PORTHMOS (Ancient port) EVIA
Porthmus (Porthmos), a harbour in Euboea, belonging to Eretria, described
by Demosthenes as opposite to Attica, is the modern Porto Bufalo, immediately
opposite to Rhamnus, in the narrowest part of the Euboean channel, where the breadth
is only two miles. It was destroyed by Philip, after expelling the Eretrians;
but its advantageous position close to the coast of Attica gave it importance
for many centuries afterwards. (Dem. Phil. iii. pp. 119, 125, iv. p. 133, de Cor.
p. 248; Plin. iv. 12. s. 21; Hierocl. p. 645; Harpocrat. Phot. Suid. s. u. Porthmos;
Leake, Northern Greece, vol. ii. p. 435.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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