Olenus (Achaea)

Map of ancient Achaea (with place names in Greek)

Olenus (Greek: Ὤλενος; Olenos) was an ancient city in Achaea, Greece. The city, already ruined when Pausanias visited it in the 2nd century AD,[1] was located near the river Peirus, 40 stadia from Dyme and 80 stadia from Patras.[2] Remains of the city were found near the present Kato Achaia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Pausanias Description of Greece 7.18.1
  2. ↑ Strabo Geographica 8.7
  3. ↑  Smith, William, ed. (1857). "Olenus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. 2. London: John Murray. p. 473.
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