Pylene

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; although Strabo says that the Aetolians, having removed Pylene higher up, changed its name into Proschium.^[3]

Its site is tentatively located near the modern Magoula/Aitolikon.^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ Homer. Iliad. 2.639.
^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.3.
^ scopulosa Pylene, Stat. Theb. 4.102; Strabo 10.2.6; Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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.

Coordinates: 38°28′26″N 21°22′23″E / 38.474°N 21.373°E / 38.474; 21.373

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[1] Homer. Iliad. 2.639.

[2] Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.3.

[3] scopulosa Pylene, Stat. Theb. 4.102; Strabo 10.2.6; Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.

[4] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.

[5] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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