Olenus (Aetolia)

Olenus or Olenos (Ancient Greek: Ὤλενος) was a town in the south of ancient Aetolia, between the Achelous River and the Evenus River. It was named after an Olenus, a son of Zeus or Hephaestus, and is mentioned in the Homeric Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad.^[1] It was situated near Pleuron, at the foot of Mount Aracynthus; but its exact site is uncertain. It is said to have been destroyed by the Aeolians; and there were only a few traces of it in the time of Strabo.^[2][3] The Roman poets use Olenius as equivalent to Aetolian: thus Tydeus of Calydon in Aetolia is called Olenius Tydeus.^[4]

References

1. Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.638.
2. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. x. pp. 451, 460. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
3. Apollod. 1.8.4; Hyg. Poët. Astron. 2.13; Stat. Theb. 4.104; Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
4. Stat. Theb. 1.402.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Olenus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.