Hysiae (Boeotia)

Hysiae or Hysiai (Ancient Greek: Ὑσιαί), also Hysia (Ὑσία), was a town of ancient Boeotia, in the Parasopia, at the northern foot of Mount Cithaeron, and on the high road from Thebes to Athens. It was said to have been a colony from Hyria, and to have been founded by Nycteus, father of Antiope.^[1] Herodotus says that both Hysiae and Oenoe were Attic demoi when they were taken by the Boeotians in 507 BCE.^[2] It probably, however, belonged to Plataea.^[3] Oenoe was recovered by the Athenians; but, as Mt. Cithaeron was the natural boundary between Attica and Boeotia, Hysiae continued to be a Boeotian town. Hysiae is mentioned in the operations which preceded the Battle of Plataea.^[4] Hysiae was in ruins in the time of Pausanias, who noticed there an unfinished temple of Apollo and a sacred well.^[5] Hysiae is mentioned also by Euripides^[6] and Thucydides.^[7]

Its site is located near modern Kriekouki in Erythres.^[8]^[9]

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Hyle". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.404. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 5.74.
^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 6.108.
^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 9.15, 25.
^ Pausanias (1918). "2.1". Description of Greece. Vol. 9. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
^ Euripides, Bacchae, 751
^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 3.24, 5.83.
^ 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.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

38°13′21″N 23°20′26″E / 38.2224°N 23.3405°E / 38.2224; 23.3405

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[1] Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.404. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

[2] Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 5.74.

[3] Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 6.108.

[4] Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 9.15, 25.

[5] Pausanias (1918). "2.1". Description of Greece. Vol. 9. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.

[6] Euripides, Bacchae, 751

[7] Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 3.24, 5.83.

[8] 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.

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

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Hysiae (Boeotia)

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