Bolina or Boline (Βολίνη) was an ancient city in ancient Achaea

Achaea

Achaea is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Greece. It is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The capital is Patras. The population exceeds 300,000 since 2001.-Geography:...

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According to Pausanias

Pausanias (geographer)

Pausanias was a Greek traveler and geographer of the 2nd century AD, who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. He is famous for his Description of Greece , a lengthy work that describes ancient Greece from firsthand observations, and is a crucial link between classical...

 it was founded next to the ancient city of Argyra

Argyra

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 and cape Drepanum

Drepano, Achaea

Drepano, is a village in the municipality of Patras, Achaea, Greece. As of 2001, it had a population of 388 for the village and sits at 1,000 m above sea level...

 next to the Bolinaios river. When he visited, the city was ruined in 278 BC

278 BC

Year 278 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Luscinus and Papus...

. The name originates from the nymph Bolina

Bolina

In Greek mythology, Bolina or Boline was a nymph.According to Pausanias, Bolina was once a mortal maiden of Achaea. She was loved by the god Apollo, and when he attempted to approach her, Bolina fled from him and threw herself into the sea to escape his advances...

 in which she left from Apollo

Apollo

Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology...

 and her romance which fell into the sea and drowned, though Apollo was immortal.

In Boline refuged the Patreans

Patras

Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

 after the tie with the battle of Callius. Its name originates from the nymph Bolina

Bolina

In Greek mythology, Bolina or Boline was a nymph.According to Pausanias, Bolina was once a mortal maiden of Achaea. She was loved by the god Apollo, and when he attempted to approach her, Bolina fled from him and threw herself into the sea to escape his advances...

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The location of the ancient city is between Drepano

Drepano, Achaea

Drepano, is a village in the municipality of Patras, Achaea, Greece. As of 2001, it had a population of 388 for the village and sits at 1,000 m above sea level...

 and Rodini.