The municipal unit Erineos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):[2] In Ancient Greece, the area around Ziria was part of the Achaean League.

Today's Lampiri was the port of the ancient town of Erineus, which was destroyed in 412 BC by Athenian and Corinthian generals.

The English antiquarian and topographer William Martin Leake travelled in the area in the first half of the 19th century.

In his book "Peloponnesiaca: A Supplement to Travels in the Moréa" he mentions the village as the "vineyards of Lambíri" and the bay of Lambiri as "the only semblance of a harbor between Aigio and Psathopyrgos.

"[5] The famous French historian, explorer, and diplomat François Pouqueville, who travelled through the area in 1816, mentions the "Port Erineus or "Lambir ta Ambélia" (ampelia means vineyards in Greek), and he also mentions the existence of a khan for travellers there.