Boura (also Bura, Bira; Greek: Βοῦρα), was an ancient city of Achaea, Greece, one of the 12 cities of the Achaean League.
It is said to have derived its name from a daughter of Ion and Helice.
The city was situated on a height 40 stadia from the sea, and southeast of Helike. Its name occurs in a line of Aeschylus, preserved by Strabo. It was swallowed up by the earthquake which destroyed Helike in 373 BCE, and all its inhabitants perished except ...
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Boura (also Bura, Bira; Greek: Βοῦρα), was an ancient city of Achaea, Greece, one of the 12 cities of the Achaean League.
It is said to have derived its name from a daughter of Ion and Helice.
The city was situated on a height 40 stadia from the sea, and southeast of Helike. Its name occurs in a line of Aeschylus, preserved by Strabo. It was swallowed up by the earthquake which destroyed Helike in 373 BCE, and all its inhabitants perished except those who were absent at the time. On their return they rebuilt the city, which was visited by Pausanias, who mentions its temples dedicated to Demeter, Aphrodite, Eileithyia and Isis. Strabo relates that there was a fountain at Boura called "Sybaris", from which the river and celebrated city in Magna Graecia, Italy derived its name. On the revival of the Achaean League in 280 BCE, Boura was governed by a tyrant, whom the inhabitants slew in 275 BCE, and then joined the confederacy. A little to the east of Boura was the river Buraïcus; and on...
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