Oenoe or Oinoe (Ancient Greek: ฮแผฐฮฝฯฮท)[1] or Oene or Oine (ฮแผดฮฝฮท) or Oenoa or Oinoa (ฮแผฐฮฝฯฮฑ) was a small town in the Argeia, west of Argos, on the left bank of the river Charadrus, and on the southern (the Prinus) of the two roads leading from Argos to Mantineia. Above the town was the mountain Artemisium (Malevรณs), with a temple of Artemis on the summit, worshipped by the inhabitants of Oenoe under the name of Oenoatis (ฮแผฐฮฝฯแพถฯฮนฯ). The town was named by Diomedes after his grandfather Oeneus, who died here.[2] Another mythical event related to this city is that it was considered to be the place where the Ceryneian Hind was found and captured by Heracles in one of his 12 Labors, after a year of pursuit.[3]
In the neighbourhood of this town the Athenians and Argives gained a victory over the Lacedaemonians in the lead up to the Peloponnesian War (c.โ456ย BCE).[4][5]
The site of Oenoe is located near modern Merkouri (Merkourion).[6][7]
References
edit- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol.ย s.v.
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca. Vol.ย 1.8.6.
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca. Vol.ย 2.5.3.
- ^ Marรญa Cruz Herrero Ingelmo (2008). Pausanias, Descripciรณn de Grecia (in Spanish). Vol.ย 3, libros VII-X. Madrid: Gredos. p.ย 377 & accompanying n. 74. ISBNย 978-84-249-1650-3.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "15.2". Description of Greece. Vol.ย 2. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann โ via Perseus Digital Library., 1.15.1, 10.10.4
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p.ย 58. ISBNย 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
ย This articleย incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:ย Smith, William, ed. (1854โ1857). "Oenoe". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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