Megara

Megaraan ancient cityAttica, Greece, onSaronic Gulf oppositeislandSalamis, which belongedMegaraarchaic times, before being taken by Athens. Megara was one offour districtsAttica, embodied infour mythic sonsKing Pandion,whom Nisos wasrulerMegara.

In historical times, colonists from Megara (c. 667 BC) founded Byzantium, as well as Chalcedon and,Sicily, Hyblaean Megara,small polis northSyracuse. The most famous citizenMegaraantiquity was Euclid, but6th century poet Theognis also came from Megara.

InPeloponnesian War, (c. 431 BC-404 BC) Megara was an allySparta.

Today, Megara issuburbAthens,is home10,000 people, especiallymunicipality. Distance42 km WNWAthens,is linked byfederal or state freeway connectingPeloponnese, Western Greece,Athens. It will now by linked byhigh-speed rail line. The neighboring city toeastNeos Peramos,Kakia Skalaits west.

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In Greek mythology Megara wasTheban wifeHeracles. There ishexameter poem on her, usually attributedMoschus. Megara figures prominentlymost ofcontemporary action hero retellings loosely based on Hercules' myths.