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Eretria was one of the leading cities of Archaic Greece, a pioneer of overseas settlement alongside its neighbour Chalcis. Burned by the…
Read story →Chalcis grew up where Euboea almost touches the mainland, beside the narrow Euripus strait. Its famously changeable currents and the bridges built…
Read story →At Lefkandi on Euboea, archaeologists found a 10th-century BC building over 50 metres long, holding rich burials of a man, a woman…
Read story →Greek myth made Skyros the island where young Achilles was hidden before the Trojan War. In 1915 it gained a real link…
Read story →The fighting at Artemisium in 480 BC consisted of several naval engagements between the Greek alliance and Xerxes' fleet. The battle ended…
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