Ethras

First Appearance and Context

Ethras enters accounts as the urban setting surrounding Protas’s formative upsight: after ascending a nearby mountain and comparing clouds, their shadows, and the mountain’s changing aspect, he returned to articulate a doctrine about worldly things and more perfect forms. In curated displays tracing the theoric golden age, the city‑state of Ethras anchors that period, with Protas at one end and his teacher Thelenes at the other.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

  • Remembered as a focal center of the theoric golden age, hosting public dialogs and instruction on a flat central ground called the Plane.
  • Associated with the tradition of dialectic tied to Thelenes and with Protas’s proclamation of his doctrine in public forums.
  • The city’s highest hill is shown with temples of the Deolaters; accounts place Thelenes’s judicial trial and execution under the Sæcular Power at that hilltop.
  • Later imperial legend holds that a Bazian emperor sacked what remained of Ethras and removed a famed statue to his capital.
  • In present‑day references, the founding of Ethras is treated as a landmark in time; some long‑standing labels and customs are described as predating its founding.

Relationships

  • Ethras is closely linked to Protas (foremost fid of Thelenes) and to Thelenes himself through depictions of teaching and dialog.
  • The Periklyne functions as the city’s market and forum, connected to the style of adversarial exchange later called “Periklynian” dialog.

Descriptions/Characteristics

  • A hilltop acropolis bearing temples; the market, the Periklyne, wraps around the hill’s base.
  • A level, open “Plane” occupies the center of the Periklyne; historically used for drawing figures in dust and for public debate.
  • Vine‑covered bowers around the edges served as shaded teaching spaces; “suvin” is said to derive from “under the vines.”
  • Nearby terrain includes a mountain vantage and a nourishing plain outside the city.
  • In geographic shorthand, “Ethras and Baz” is used to denote one side of the world; conversely, other regions may be described as being on the opposite side.

Current Status/Location

Portrayed in historical accounts and displays as an ancient city‑state; its present‑day condition or precise location is not described in the material available so far.

Summary:

An ancient city‑state depicted as the center of a theoric golden age, shown with hilltop temples of the Deolaters, a market called the Periklyne around the base, and a central Plane used for public proofs and dialogs. Ethras is also linked to Protas’s celebrated upsight near a mountain and plain outside the city.

Known as:
Ethras