Estiris
Sign in to savethumb|350px|Hill where the remains of Stiris are located. thumb|350px|Ruins of Stiris. Stiris () or Steiris (Στείρις) was a town of ancient Phocis situated 120 stadia from Chaeroneia, the road between the two places running across the mountains. The inhabitants of Stiris claimed descent from an Athenian colony of the Attic demus of Steiria, led by Peteus, when he was driven out of Attica by Aegeus. Pausanias describes the city as situated upon a rocky summit, with only a few wells, which did not supply water fit for drinking, which the inhabitants obtained from a fountain, four stadia below th
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Estiris (en griego, Στείριδα) es el nombre de una antigua ciudad griega de Fócide.
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