Œnoë

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οἰνόη (Oinóē).

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Œnoë

  1. A city in Greece.
    • 1873, Thomas Henry Dyer, Ancient Athens: its history, topography, and remains, William Clowes and Sons, chapter II, page 58:
      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.