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
  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.

 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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