A mountainous region on the north-western edge of the Gulf of Korinth (Corinth).
During the Trojan War, Thoas commanded the Achaian (Achaean) soldiers from Aitolia. He mustered forty ships for the assault on Troy, which would have carried approximately 4,600 men.
The Aitolians who accompanied Thoas to Troy came from the cities of Chalkis (Chaicis), Kalydon (Calydon), Olenos, Pleuron, and Pylene.
| References: Homer, Iliad book 2, lines 638, 643 book 4, lines 399, 527 book 5, lines 706, 843 book 9, lines 529, 531, 549, 575, 597 book 13, line 218 book 15, line 282 book 23, lines 471, 633 |