Oenussae

Œnussæ, ārum, f. , nom de trois îles voisines du Péloponnèse : Plin. 4, 55.

OENUSSAE

OENUSSAE (Οἰνοῦσσαι, Οἰνοῦσαι).

1.

A group of islands off the coast of Messenia. [Vol. 2. 342b.]

2.

A group of islands between Chios and the Asiatic coast. (Hdt. 1.165; Thuc. 8.24; Steph. B. s. v.) They are five in number, now called Spalmadores or Ergonisi. Pliny (v. 31. s. 38) mentions only one island.

Oenussae Oenussae, islands between Chios and Asia Minor

• the Phocaeans' proposal to buy them from Chios: Hdt. 1.165