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Arene

A city on the Peloponnesian Peninsula.

Arene

 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
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