A mountainous region on the north-western edge of the Gulf of Korinth (Corinth).
During the Trojan War, Thoas commanded the Akhaian 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 Khalkis, Kalydon, 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 |