Oiniadai
The Greek city of Oiniadai ( Greek Οἰνιάδαι ) was in Akarnania in the estuary of the Acheloos . The name of the city has been around since the 5th century BC. Occupied. It was an important port on the route to Corfu and changed alliance affiliations several times in the course of history. At first it tended towards the Peloponnesian League , but became 424 BC. Incorporated into the Attic League and belonged to the 4th century BC. Also the second sea league. In Hellenistic times, Oiniadai had to grapple with the Aetolians until 218 BC. Was declared free by Philip V. From 211 to 189 BC During the Roman-Macedonian Wars, the city came under Aetolian control again. In Roman times it lost its strategic importance, but was still settled in the 3rd century AD according to the coin finds.
In 1436 Cyriacus of Ancona visited the ruins. The city that was on the coast in ancient times is seven kilometers from the sea today. It is located in the Iniades parish of Mesolongi parish .
Of the archaeological remains, the shipyard is particularly worth seeing. The six ramps and pillars that supported the roof are clearly visible. The city wall and the remains of the theater can also be seen.
literature
- Savas Gogos: The ancient theater of Oiniadai . With a contribution to the acoustics of the theater by Georgios Kampourakis. Phoibos Verlag, Vienna 2009. ISBN 978-3-85161-019-2
- Christopher Mee, Antony Spawforth: Greece. An Archaeological Guide . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2001, pp. 345-347 .
- Rudolf Scheer: Oiniadai . In: Siegfried Lauffer (Ed.): Greece. Lexicon of Historic Places . Verlag CH Beck, Munich 1989, p. 474 f .
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Coordinates: 38 ° 24 ′ 33 ″ N , 21 ° 11 ′ 45 ″ E