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Bucheta
Buchetium or Bouchetion ( grc, Βουχέτιον), or Buchaetium or Bouchaition (Βουχαίτιον), or Buchetum or Boucheton (Βουχετόν), or Bucheta or Boucheta (Βούχετα), was a city of the Cassopaei in ancient Thesprotia, a little above the sea. According to the legend it got its name because Themis went there, mounted on an ox, during the flood of Deukalion. Its site was occupied by the medieval settlement of Rogoi Rogoi ( el, Ρωγοί) is a Byzantine castle in Nea Kerasounta near Preveza, in western Greece. It is located on the site of the ancient city of Bouchetion (Βουχέτιον), which was abandoned in the late 1st century BC. Re-occupied in t ..., near modern Nea Kerasounta. References Populated places in ancient Epirus Former populated places in Greece Cities in ancient Epirus Elean colonies {{AncientEpirus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassopaei
The Cassopaei ( gr, Κασσωπαῖοι) were an ancient Greek tribe living in ancient Epirus and occupying the coast between Thesprotia and the Ambracian Gulf, and bordering upon Nicopolis; their chief town was Cassope (Κασσώπη). The ''Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax'' describes the Cassopaei as living in villages; but they afterwards rose to such power as to obtain possession of Pandosia, Buchaetium, and Elateia. We learn from another authority that Batiae was also in their territory.Theopompus Theopompus ( grc-gre, Θεόπομπος, ''Theópompos''; c. 380 BCc. 315 BC) was an ancient Greek historian and rhetorician. Biography Theopompus was born on the Aegean island of Chios. In early youth, he seems to have spent some time at Athen ... ''ap.'' Harpocr. ''s.v.'' Ἐλάτεια References Sources * Greek tribes Ancient tribes in Epirus Elean colonies {{ancientGreece-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |