the so-called ""tomb of erotes"" lies on a hill to the northwest of eretria city and counts among the most significant monuments of evia island. based on the findings, it is dated to the fourth century bc, the time when these characteristic burial monuments of the macedonian type make their appearance in southern greece after the descent of the macedons. more macedonian tombs were found in the wider area around eretria, namely in the settlements of kotroni and amarynthos.