Oinotria

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Southern Calabria, possible dominion

Oinotria ( Greek Οινότρια) was a kingdom in the southern part of Calabria and existed around 600-350 BC. Chr.

It was named after Oenotrus , who , according to legend, was the youngest of Lycaon's 50 sons . When Greeks emigrated to Calabria from Arcadia in the Peloponnese , they drove the Elymians back to Sicily and the Oenotrians back inland. Oinotrias most important king was Italos , the namesake of Italy . Oinotria, which later became part of the Roman Empire , was shaped by the influences of Italos.

The name Oinotria is probably derived from the Greek word "οἶνος" (oinos) (translated: wine), as the area of ​​the Oenotria was populated by a large number of vineyards.

Remarks

  1. ^ Aristotle: Politics . 1329b.
  2. ^ Pausanias: Description of Greece, Arcadia . No. 8.3.5 .
  3. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Roman Antiquities . No. 1 , p. 11-13 .
  4. ^ Virgil (2006): The Aeneid . ISBN 978-0-14-310513-8 .
  5. ^ Eustathios of Thessalonike: Dionysios Periegetes . No. 78 .
  6. ^ Aristotle: Politics . 1329b.
  7. ^ Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott: A Greek-English Lexicon .