Bessa (Ancient Greek: Βῆσσα)[1] was a town in ancient Locris, so called from its situation in a wooded glen. It is mentioned by Homer, in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad.[2] It had disappeared in the time of Strabo.[3]

Its site is unlocated.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. ↑ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.532.
  3. ↑ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 9.4.5. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  4. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Bessa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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