Pylene ( Ancient Greek: Πυλήνη) was a town of ancient Aetolia, between the Acheolous and the Evenus, mentioned in Homer's Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad, [1] is placed by Pliny the Elder on the Corinthian Gulf. [2] It would therefore seem to have existed in later times. Strabo says that the Aeolians who took Pylene afterwards removed higher up into the country and founded Proschium. [3]
Its site is tentatively located near the modern Magoula/Aitolikon. [4] [5]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Pylene".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
38°28′26″N 21°22′23″E / 38.474°N 21.373°E
Pylene ( Ancient Greek: Πυλήνη) was a town of ancient Aetolia, between the Acheolous and the Evenus, mentioned in Homer's Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad, [1] is placed by Pliny the Elder on the Corinthian Gulf. [2] It would therefore seem to have existed in later times. Strabo says that the Aeolians who took Pylene afterwards removed higher up into the country and founded Proschium. [3]
Its site is tentatively located near the modern Magoula/Aitolikon. [4] [5]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Pylene".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
38°28′26″N 21°22′23″E / 38.474°N 21.373°E