Boebeis Lake (Βοιβηΐς λίμνη, Βοιβία λίμνη, and Βοιβιάς λίμνη) was a lake of Magnesia in

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 ...

, mentioned by

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, and named for the town ( Boebe) on its southeastern shore. The lake is frequently mentioned by the ancient writers. It received the rivers

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, Amyrus, and several smaller streams, but had no outlet for its waters. From its proximity to Mount Ossa, it is called ''Ossaea Boebeis'' by

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is said to have bathed her feet in its waters, which is perhaps the reason why

Propertius Sextus Propertius was a Latin elegiac poet of the Augustan age. He was born around 50–45 BC in Assisium (now Assisi) and died shortly after 15 BC. Propertius' surviving work comprises four books of '' Elegies'' ('). He was a friend of the ...

speaks of ''sanctae Boebeidos undae''.

, 2.2.11. The lake was a long narrow piece of water, and is now called

Lake Karla Lake Karla () is a lake that sits at above sea level making it the only one in the plain of Thessaly. The lake is located at the northern end of the Magnesia regional unit in the Pineios basin, adjacent to Pelion and the Maurovouni mountains. ...

from a village which has disappeared.

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Lakes of Greece Geography of ancient Thessaly Places in the Iliad Ancient Magnesia {{Greece-lake-stub