Harma (Boeotia)

Harma ( Ancient Greek: Ἅρμα ) was a town of ancient Boeotia, mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad,^[1] which is said to have been so called, either because the chariot of Adrastus broke down here, or because the chariot of Amphiaraus disappeared in the earth at this place.^[2][3][4] Strabo describes it as a deserted village in the territory of Tanagra near Mycalessus; and Pausanias speaks of the ruins of Harma and Mycalessus as situated on the road from Thebes to Chalcis. Claudius Aelianus speaks of a lake called Harma.^[5]