 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Dunhu rakakura reLilaea rakanga richigarwa kubvira chiuru chemakore chechitatu BCE. Herodotus haazvitauri pakati pemaguta eFokia akanga aparadzwa navaPersia, zvichida nemhaka yokuti mumazuva iwayo yakanga yakabatanidzwa naDoris, iyo yakaita kuzviisa kwayo kuna Xerxes I, kana kuti nemhaka yokuti yakanga yakasimbiswa zvakanaka kwazvo zvokuti vaPersia havana kutongoiisa pasi. Zvichienderana nouchapupu hwezvokuverengwa kwemari uye hwezvinyorwa, hwokupedzisira hunoratidzika kuva hunobvira zvikuru. Guta racho rinotaurwawo naStrabo, Pausanias, Ptolemy, Pliny Mukuru, uye Stephanus weByzantium. Lilaea yakaparadzwa mukati meHondo Tsvene YechitatunaFiripi II weMakedhonia muna 346 BCE, asi yakavakwazve mumakore akatevera mukati meprojekti yekuvakazve nhare dzeFocia. Yakanga yakakomberedzwa naPhilip V weMacedonia uye guta raifanira kubvuma kuti garrison yeMacedonia asi munguva pfupi mushure mekumukira, inotungamirwa naPatron, yakakwanisa kukunda vaMacedonia uye vakabva vadzokera mushure mekugadziriswa kwechibvumirano. 