Gla

For other uses, see GLA (disambiguation).
The northwest part of the fortification at Gla seen from the "palace", part of the Kopais plain visible in background

Gla (Greek: Γλα), also called Glas (Γλας), was an important fortified site of the Mycenaean civilization, located in Boeotia, mainland Greece. Despite its impressive size, more than ten times larger than contemporary Athens or Tiryns, Gla is not mentioned in the Iliad.[1]

  1. ^ Samuel Mark, Homeric Seafaring (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2005), p. 11.