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Uria

Called Hyria by Herodotus; a town in Calabria, on the road from Brundusium to Tarentum, was the ancient capital of Iapygia, and is said to have been founded by the Cretans under Minos (Herod.vii. 170). It is now Oria.

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    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.170
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