 The life of Bua had been dramatised in the works of Tzanes Koronaios.Koronaios, who had been stradiotti-troubadour of Zantiote origin, was a companion of Merkourios Bouas.In his work, a long epic poem in vernacular Greek on the exploits of Merkourios Bouas, Koronaios gives Bua's mythological pedigree, which includes Achilles, Alexander the Great and Pyrrhus.