Copae

{{Short description|Ancient Greek city}}

Copae or Kopai ({{langx|grc|Κῶπαι}}), or Copia or Copiae, was an ancient Greek city (polis) in Boeotia, on the northern shore of Lake Copais, which derived its name from this town.{{Cite Pausanias|9|24|1}}-2. Copae was part of Thersander's kingdom and is mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad.{{Cite Iliad|2.502}} It was a member of the Boeotian League.{{Cite Thucydides|4.93}}{{Cite Strabo|ix. pp. 406, 410}} It was still in existence in the time of Pausanias, who mentions here the temples of Demeter, Dionysus and Sarapis.{{Cite Pliny|4.7.12}}

Its site is located near the village of Kastro, formerly Topolia.{{Citation |last=Lane |first=Michael F. |title=Gla |date=2015-12-22 |url=https://oxfordre.com/classics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-2844 |work=Oxford Classical Dictionary |access-date=2023-07-17 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.2844 |isbn=978-0-19-938113-5}}{{Cite Barrington|55}}{{Cite DARE|23116}}