Boukris or Boucris ( grc, Βοῦκρις) was an

Aetolia Aetolia ( el, Αἰτωλία, Aἰtōlía) is a mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, forming the eastern part of the modern regional units of Greece, regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania. Geography The Achelous ...

n pirate in the 3rd century BC who raided the

Attic An attic (sometimes referred to as a '' loft'') is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building; an attic may also be called a ''sky parlor'' or a garret. Because attics fill the space between the ceiling of the ...

countryside and carried off slaves for sale to

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. The incident is known from a Greek inscription where the

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honoured Eumaridas, a Cretan from Kydonia, for releasing the captives. Boukris might be the son of Daitas from

Naupactus Nafpaktos ( el, Ναύπακτος) is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, situated on a bay on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, west of the mouth of the river Mornos. It is named for Naupaktos (, Latinize ...

attested as a ''

proxenos Proxeny or ( grc-gre, προξενία) in ancient Greece was an arrangement whereby a citizen (chosen by the city) hosted foreign ambassadors at his own expense, in return for honorary titles from the state. The citizen was called (; plural: o ...

'' in

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. Boukris was also a '' hieromnemon'' of the Aetolians in

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in the same century.

References

*de Souza, Philip. ''Piracy in the Graeco-Roman World'', pp. 66–67 *Grainger, John D. ''The League of the Aitolians'', p. 21 {{ISBN, 90-04-10911-0 *IG II² 844 Athens *IG XI,4 692 Delos *FD III 3:190 Delphi Ancient Aetolians 3rd-century BC Greek people Ancient Greek pirates Hellenistic Athens Proxenoi Hellenistic Crete