Arne ( grc, Ἄρνη) was the chief city of the
Aeolian Boeotians
Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia ( el, Βοιωτία; modern: ; ancient: ), formerly known as Cadmeis, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Livadeia, and its ...
in
ancient Thessaly
Thessaly or Thessalia (Attic Greek: , ''Thessalía'' or , ''Thettalía'') was one of the traditional regions of Ancient Greece. During the Mycenaean period, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, a name that continued to be used for one of the major tribes ...
, which was said to have derived its name from the mythological
Arne
Arne may refer to:
Places
* Arne, Dorset, England, a village
** Arne RSPB reserve, a nature reserve adjacent to the village
* Arné, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France
* Arne (Boeotia), an ancient city in Boeotia, Greece
* Arne (Thessa ...
, a daughter of
Aeolus
In Greek mythology, Aeolus or Aiolos (; grc, Αἴολος , ) is a name shared by three mythical characters. These three personages are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which A ...
. The town was said to have been founded three generations before the
Trojan War. According to
Thucydides the Aeolian Boeotians were expelled from Arne by the
Thessalians
Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thess ...
sixty years after the Trojan war, and settled in the country called
Boeotia
Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia ( el, Βοιωτία; modern: ; ancient: ), formerly known as Cadmeis, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Livadeia, and it ...
after them; but other writers, inverting the order of events, represent the Thessalian Arne as founded by Boeotians, who had been expelled from their country by the
Pelasgians.
Stephanus of Byzantium wrote that later
Cierium
Cierium or Kierion ( grc, Κιέριον) was a town and polis (city-state) in the district of Thessaliotis in ancient Thessaly, which according to some ancient commentators, such as Stephanus of Byzantium was the successor to the Homeric Arne, ...
occupied the site of Arne, which was accepted at least by
William Smith, writing in the 19th century,
and by the editors of the
Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World
The ''Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World'' is a large-format English language atlas of ancient Europe, Asia, and North Africa, edited by Richard J. A. Talbert. The time period depicted is roughly from archaic Greek civilization (pr ...
;
others place Arne at a site nearby, but not at, Cierium.
If Arne is Cierium, it is located at
Pyrgos Kieriou (Πύργος Κιερίου), in the municipal unit of
Arni Arni may refer to:
Municipalities
* Arni, Tiruvannamalai, a town in Tamil Nadu, India
* Arni, Maharashtra, in Yavatmal district, Maharashtra State, India
* Arni, Karditsa, a municipality in the Karditsa regional unit, Greece
* Arni, Aargau, a munic ...
, municipality of
Sofades
Sofades ( el, Σοφάδες) is a town and municipality in Thessaly, central Greece belonging to the regional unit of Karditsa. Its 2011 census population was 6,056 people and 18,864 for the municipality, including a large Romani community. Its e ...
, periphery of
Karditsa
Karditsa ( el, Καρδίτσα ) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa regional unit of region of Thessaly.
Inhabitation is attested from 9000 BC. Karditsa ls linked with GR-30, th ...
,
Thessaly.
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References
Populated places in ancient Thessaly
Cities in ancient Greece
Former populated places in Greece
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