BOTRYS, BOTRUS, or Bosira, (anc. geog.) a town of Phoenicia, on the Mediterranean, built by Saturn, (a proof at least of antiquity); twelve miles to the north of Byblus, and twenty to the south of Tripolis. Now almost in ruins, and called Boteron, or Boturn, (Postellus). E. Long. 37. 30. Lat. 34. 6.