 Another foundation story had it that the name Histiaea is said to derive from the mythical figure Histiaea, the daughter of Hyrieus.It was one of the most ancient of the Euboean cities.It occurs in the Catalogue of Ships in the "Iliad", where Homer gives it the epithet of πολυστάφυλος (rich in grapes); and the "Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax" mentions it as one of the four cities of Euboea.