Meanings
proper noun
alternative Œnoe · alternative Oenoë
- A city in Greece.
Ægeus became alarmed at his success, especially as he had contracted a friendship with the Pallantidæ, who were his rivals, and he therefore caused Androgeus to be murdered at Œnoë, in Attica, as he was on his way to a sacred festival at Thebes.
1873, Thomas Henry Dyer, chapter II, in Ancient Athens: its history, topography, and remains, William Clowes and Sons, page 58
Origin
- Ancient GreekΟἰνόη
- EnglishŒnoë
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οἰνόη (Oinóē).
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