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Daulis




According to Greek Mythology Daulis had been the home town of Tereus . The city is mentioned by Homer . It is said to be named after a Nymph Daulis, a daughter of the river-god Cephissus .

During the Greco-Persian Wars Daulis had been destroyed for the first time in 480 BC. In 395 BC the city was attacked by Thebes . In 346 BC Daulis was destroyed again during the so called Third Holy War . In 220 BC the city was attacked by the Aetolia ns. In 198 BC the Romans occcupied Daulis by a stratagem.

In Late Antiquity Daulis had been a seat of a Bishop .

Remainings of the city walls can be seen today near the modern town Davlia .