Pylene

'''Pylene''' ({{langx|grc|Πυλήνη}}) was a town of ancient Aetolia, between the Acheolous and the Evenus, mentioned in Homer's Catalogue of Ships in the ''Iliad'',<ref>{{Cite Iliad|2.639}}</ref> is placed by Pliny the Elder on the Corinthian Gulf.<ref>{{Cite Pliny|4.3}}</ref> It would therefore seem to have existed in later times. Strabo says that the Aeolians who took Pylene afterwards removed higher up into the country and founded Proschium.<ref>scopulosa Pylene, Stat. ''Theb.'' 4.102; Strabo 10.2.6; {{Cite Stephanus|''s.v.''}}</ref>

Its site is tentatively located near the modern Magoula/Aitolikon.<ref>{{Barrington Atlas|page=55}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|29455}}</ref>

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Category:Populated places in ancient Aetolia Category:Former populated places in Greece Category:Places in the Iliad