Arne () was a town of ancient Boeotia, mentioned by

Homer Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Despite doubts about his autho ...

, and probably founded by the Boeotians after their expulsion from

ancient Thessaly Thessaly or Thessalia (Attic Greek: , ''Thessalía'' or , ''Thettalía'') was one of the traditional regions of Ancient Greece. During the Mycenaean Greece, Mycenaean period, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, a name that continued to be used for one of ...

. Pausanias identified this Boeotian Arne with Chaeroneia,

Strabo Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-si ...

with Acraephium; and others again supposed that it had been swallowed up by the waters of the

Lake Copais Lake Copais, also spelled Kopais or Kopaida (; ), was a lake in the centre of Boeotia, Greece, west of Thebes. It was first drained in the Bronze Age, and drained again in the late 19th century. It is now flat dry land and is still known as Kop ...

. Modern scholars locate Arne with the site of archaeological site of Magoula Balomenou. Alternately, Arne may be linked to the ancient citadel of Gla, whose Mycenaean name has been lost, though this is by no means uncontested.

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Populated places in ancient Boeotia Former populated places in Greece Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Central Greece Places in the Iliad {{AncientBoeotia-geo-stub