A city on the Peloponnesian Peninsula.
The Minyeios River emptied into the sea near Arene. As a young man, Nestor of Pylos used Arene as a staging area as his army awaited a confrontation with the invading Epeians.1
1. The people of Elis were called Eleans and Epeians.
References: Homer, Iliad book 2, line 591; book 11, line 723 |