Charadra (Phocis)

Charadra (Ancient Greek: Χαράδρα)[1] was a city of ancient Phocis, and one of the Phocian towns destroyed by Xerxes I in 480 BCE during the Greco-Persian Wars.[2] Pausanias describes Charadra as situated 20 stadia from Lilaea, upon a lofty and precipitous rock. He further states that the inhabitants suffered from a scarcity of water, which they obtained from the torrent Charadrus, a tributary of the Cephissus, distant three stadia from the town.[3] Situated in the agora of the town, Pausanias noted altars of heroes; some thought they were of the Dioscuri, others thought they were of local heroes.[4]

The site of Charadra is near modern Mariolata (Mariolates).[5][6] It was rebuilt after the Third Sacred War and some remains of its gates and walls have been found.[7]
References

Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
Herodotus. Histories. 8.33.
Pausanias. Description of Greece. 10.3.2.
Pausanias. Description of Greece. 10.33.6.
Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.

María Cruz Herrero Ingelmo (2008). Pausanias, Descripción de Grecia (in Spanish). 3, libros VII-X. Madrid: Gredos. p. 449 & accompanying note. ISBN 978-84-249-1650-3.

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