Buchaetium

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

BUCHAE´TIUM(Βουχαίτιον, Strab. 7. p. 324; Βουχετόν, Plb. 22.9; Βούχετα, Dem. de Halonn. § 32; Harpocrat. s. v.), a city of the Cassopaei in Thesprotia, a little above the sea. (Strab. l. c.) It is placed by Leake at the harbour of St. John, a few miles E. of Parga. (Leake, Northern Greece, vol. 4. p. 73.)