Eretria (; ,
Eretria, literally "city of the rowers") is a town in
Euboea,
Greece, facing the coast of
Attica across the narrow
South Euboean Gulf. It was an important Greek
polis in the 6th/5th century BC, mentioned by many famous writers and actively involved in significant historical events. Excavations of the ancient city began in the 1890s and have been conducted since 1964 by the Greek Archaeological Service (11th Ephorate of Antiquities) and the
Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece.