Megara

Megara is a historic town and a municipality in West Attica, Greece. It lies in the northern section of the Isthmus of Corinth opposite the island of Salamis, which belonged to Megara in archaic times before being taken by Athens. Megara was one of the four districts of Attica, embodied in the four mythic sons of King Pandion II, of whom Nisos ruled Megara. It was also a trade port with two harbours, Pagae on the Corinthian Gulf and Nisaea on the Saronic Gulf, and it exported wool and animal products, including horses. In historical times it colonised widely, founding Megara Hyblaea in Sicily, Chalcedon in 685 BC and Byzantium around 667 BC, and the philosopher Euclid of Megara founded the Megarian school in the early fourth century BC.