Pharae
Pharae(Ancient Greek:Φαραί),[1]otherwise known asPhara(Φᾶρα),[2]andPherae,[3]was a town andpolis(city-state),[4]situated by thePeirosRiver, approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from the sea and 23.5 kilometres (14.6 mi) from the town ofPatras,in what is now southernGreece.It was one of the twelve Achaean cities, and one of the four major cities which spearheaded the restoration of theAchaean Leaguein 280 BC.
In an event called theSocial War (220–217 BC),it suffered from various setbacks caused by the attacks of theAetoliansandEleans.Its territory was later annexed byAugustus,and after theBattle of Actium,it was made a colony ofRome.
As of the 19th century, Pharae still contained a large agora with a statue of Hermes.[5]The modern villageFareswas named after Pharae.
See also
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[edit]- ^Stephanus of Byzantium.Ethnica.Vol.s.v.ἡ Φαραική.
- ^Strabo.Geographica.Vol. viii. p.388.Page numbers refer to those ofIsaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^Pliny.Naturalis Historia.Vol. 4.6.
- ^Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Achaia".An inventory of archaic and classical poleis.New York:Oxford University Press.p.485.ISBN0-19-814099-1.
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Smith, William,ed. (1854–1857). "Pharae".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography.London: John Murray.
Attribution
[edit]This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Smith, William,ed. (1854–1857). "Pharae".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography.London: John Murray.
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