Pharae ( grc, Φαραί), otherwise known as Phara (Φᾶρα), and Pherae, was a town and

polis ''Polis'' (, ; grc-gre, πόλις, ), plural ''poleis'' (, , ), literally means "city" in Greek. In Ancient Greece, it originally referred to an administrative and religious city center, as distinct from the rest of the city. Later, it also ...

(city-state), situated by the Peiros River, approximately from the sea and from the town of Patras, in what is now southern

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. It was one of the twelve Achaean cities, and one of the four major cities which spearheaded the restoration of the

Achaean League The Achaean League (Greek: , ''Koinon ton Akhaion'' "League of Achaeans") was a Hellenistic-era confederation of Greek city states on the northern and central Peloponnese. The league was named after the region of Achaea in the northwestern Pelop ...

in 280 BC. In an event called the

Social War (220–217 BC) The Social War, also War of the Allies and the Aetolian War, was fought from 220 BC to 217 BC between the Hellenic League under Philip V of Macedon and the Aetolian League, Sparta and Elis. It was ended with the Peace of Naupactus. Background ...

, it suffered from various setbacks caused by the attacks of the Aetolians and

Eleans Elis () or Eleia ( el, Ήλιδα, Ilida, grc-att, Ἦλις, Ēlis ; Elean: , ethnonym: ) is an ancient district in Greece that corresponds to the modern regional unit of Elis. Elis is in southern Greece on the Peloponnese, bounded on th ...

. Its territory was later annexed by

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, and after the

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, it was made a colony of

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. As of the 19th century, Pharae still contained a large agora with a statue of Hermes. The modern village Fares was named after Pharae.

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{{coord, 38.082, N, 21.73, E, source:http://dare.ht.lu.se/places/31042.html, display=title, format=dms Populated places in ancient Achaea Former populated places in Greece Cities in ancient Greece Achaean city-states

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