Boium

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

BOIUM(Βοιόν), a town of Doris, and one of the original towns of the Doric tetrapolis, the ruins of which are placed by Leake near Mariolátes. (Thuc. 1.107; Scymn. Ch. 592; Strab. 9. p. 427; Scylax, p. 24; Conon, Narr. 27; Plin. Nat. 4.7. s. 13; Tzetz. ad Lycophr. 741; Ptol. 3.15.15; Steph. B. s. v.; Leake, Northern Greece, vol. ii. pp. 91, 94.)