Arne (Boeotia)

38°28′58″N 22°56′00″E / 38.48288°N 22.93328°E / 38.48288; 22.93328 Arne (Ancient Greek: Ἄρνη) was a town of ancient Boeotia, mentioned by Homer,[1] and probably founded by the Boeotians after their expulsion from ancient Thessaly. Pausanias identified this Boeotian Arne with Chaeroneia,[2] Strabo with Acraephium;[3] and others again supposed that it had been swallowed up by the waters of the Lake Copais.[4] Modern scholars locate Arne with the site of archaeological site of Magoula Balomenou.[5][6] It may be linked to the ancient citadel of Gla.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.507.
  2. ^ Pausanias (1918). "40.5". Description of Greece. Vol. 9. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  3. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p. 413. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  4. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. i. p.59, ix. p. 413. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  5. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  6. ^ "Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire". Lund University. Archived from the original on August 28, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.