Larissa

The road which leads northwest from Izmir skirts first the beautiful Gulf of Izmir and then passes the remains of ancient Larissa (40km/25mi). The acropolis was built by Aeolian Greeks in the sixth century B.C. On a hill to the east is the site of Neon Teichos, a stronghold directed against Larissa which was endowed by the people of Cyme in the eighth century B.C. The lower town, with polygonal walls, lay under the acropolis.