Arne (Boeotia)

Coordinates: 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 .^[5]^[6] It may be linked to the ancient citadel of Gla.

References[]

^ Homer. Iliad. 2.507.
^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 9.40.5.
^ Strabo. Geographica. ix. p. 413. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Strabo. Geographica. i. p.59, ix. p. 413. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.
^ "Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire". Lund University. Archived from the original on August 28, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Arne". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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