Tegyra ( grc, Τεγύρα or Τέγυρα), also: Tegyrae ( grc, Τεγύραι, Tegyrai) was a town of
ancient 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 its lar ...
, the site of an
oracle
An oracle is a person or agency considered to provide wise and insightful counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by deities. As such, it is a form of divination.
Description
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and temple of
Apollo
Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label=Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label= ...
, who was even said to have been born there. It was the site of the
Battle of Tegyra
{{Campaignbox Greek wars of the 4th century BC
The Battle of Tegyra (375 BC) (also known as the Battle of Tegyrae)Plutarch, ' was an ancient Greek battle between Theban and Spartan hoplite forces. In the battle, a Theban army under Pelopidas was ...
in 375 BCE.
It was located north of
Lake Copais
Lake Copais, also spelled Kopais or Kopaida ( grc, Κωπαΐς; ell, Κωπαΐδα), was a lake in the centre of Boeotia, Greece, west of Thebes. It was drained in the late 19th century. It is now flat dry land and is still known as Kopaida. ...
, above the marshes of the river
Melas
Melas may refer to:
* Plural of mela
People
* Melas (mythology), a number of different characters in Greek mythology
* Pavlos Melas (1870–1904), a Hellenic Army officer and a symbol of the Greek Struggle for Macedonia
* Chloe Melas, an Ameri ...
. Its location has been identified with sparse remains 5 km (3 mi) northeast of
Orchomenus, a hill with springs at the base, the head of the Polygira tributary of the Melas. J.M. Fossey, however, placed Tegyra at modern
Pyrgos, 7 km. further east, and thought the Polygira site was Homeric
Aspledon
Aspledon ( grc, Ἀσπληδών), also called Spledon (Σπληδών), was a city of ancient Boeotia, mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships of the ''Iliad'', distant 20 stadia from Orchomenus. The river Melas flowed between the two cit ...
.
[Farinetti, E., Boeotian Landscapes (2009), App. I.4.9]
See also
*
Delos Mountain
Delos or Delos Mountain was the ancient name of a mountain located in Boeotia, Greece, above the city of Tegyra. The mountain was sacred to Apollo, to whom temples on its slopes were dedicated.
ReferencesHazlitt, Classical Gazetteer, "Delos"*Ri ...
Attribution
References
External links
Viotikos kosmos, ancient Tegyra at Wikidot
Populated places in ancient Boeotia
Classical oracles
Former populated places in Greece
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