Bessa (Locris)

Bessa (Ancient Greek: Βῆσσα)^[1] was a town in ancient Locris, so called from its situation in a wooded glen. It is mentioned by Homer, in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad.^[2] It had disappeared in the time of Strabo.^[3]

Its site is unlocated.^[4]

References[]

^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
^ Homer. Iliad. 2.532.
^ Strabo. Geographica. 9.4.5. 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.

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

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[1] Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.

[2] Homer. Iliad. 2.532.

[3] Strabo. Geographica. 9.4.5. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

[4] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.

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