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Peirae or Peirai (Ancient Greek: Πειραί) was a village of ancient Achaea in the neighbourhood of Olenus, and one of the places to which the inhabitants of Olenus fled upon leaving their city.

References

  1. Pausanias (1918). "18.1". Description of Greece. Vol. 7. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Olenus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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