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Peirae

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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.[1]

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  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.