 The ruins of the city are located in the modern "comune" of Policoro in the Province of Matera, Basilicata, Italy.It was a Greek colony, but founded at a period considerably later than most of the other Greek cities in this part of Italy.The territory in which it was established had previously belonged to the Ionic colony of Siris, and after the fall of that city seems to have become the subject of contention between the neighboring states.