Oenus
The Oenus is a river in the Peloponnese peninsula, southern Greece. It rises in the watershed of Mt. Parnon, and, after flowing in a general southwesterly direction, falls into the Eurotas, at the distance of little more than a mile from Sparta.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Sparta municipality, Greece
- Also known as: “Kelefina”, “Kelefína”, “Oenus River”, “Oinountas”, “Oinous”, and “Oinous Potamos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Temple of Artemis Orthia and Archaeological Museum of Sparta.
Temple of Artemis Orthia
Ruins
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC0.
The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia, an Archaic site devoted in Classical times to Artemis, was one of the most important religious sites in the Greek city-state of Sparta, and continued to be used into the fourth century CE, when all non-Christian worship was banned during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire.
Archaeological Museum of Sparta
Museum
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Archaeological Museum of Sparta, founded in 1875, is a museum in Sparta, Greece that houses thousands of artifacts from the ancient Acropolis of Sparta and the rest of the municipality of Laconia. Archaeological Museum of Sparta is situated 3 km south of Oenus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kladas and Sparta.
Kladas
Village
Photo: LeoAs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kladas is a small village which is located about 5 kilometers north of the city of Sparta and belongs to the municipality of Sparta. The village was named after Krokodeilos Kladas, a medieval Greek military leader.
Sparta
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sparta is a city and municipality in the Peloponnese region of Greece, and the capital of the Laconia regional unit. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta within the Evrotas Valley.
Magoula
Suburb
Magoula is a district of modern Sparta city in Laconia, Greece. It is the former seat of the Mystras municipality. It is basically the evolution of a small village that has been attached to the growing Sparta city. Magoula is situated 3 km southwest of Oenus.
Oenus
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Sparti, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Oenus” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وينوس”
- Catalan: “Enunt”
- Cebuano: “Oinoús Potamós”
- Czech: “Oenus”
- Finnish: “Oinoúntas (joki)”
- Finnish: “Oinoúntas”
- Greek: “Κελεφίνα”
- Greek: “Οινούντας”
- Greek: “Οινούς”
- Irish: “Oenus”
- Latin: “Oenus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Inoús”
- Russian: “Инус”
- Russian: “Келефина”
- Russian: “Энунт”
- Swedish: “Oinoús Potamós”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Strongylóvouno and Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia.
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