Myrmix and Lefteris – the VERA shipwreck
In 480 BC, a fleet assembled by Persian King Xerxes headed south on a revengeful second attempt at conquest of the Greek mainland. However, in the strait between Skiathos and Pelion, at least three invading ships were dashed on a mostly submerged reef known then as Myrmix. Xerxes ordered the construction of a beacon