Polybius calls the town Bus or Bous (Βοῦς, meaning cow in Greek).
[1] The name Damalis means 'heifer', and Arrian, quoted by Eustathius, has a story about it.
[2] According to Greek mythology, Io landed when she crossed the strait and people erected a bronze cow on the spot.
[3] Damalis was the name of the wife of the Athenian general Chares of Athens.
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