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Orneiai
Orneae

A city in the domain of Agamemnon.

  During the Trojan War, Agamemnon, commander-in-chief of the Achaian (Achaen) army, mustered troops from throughout the Aigialos (Aegialus),1 including the cities of Orneiai, Aigion (Aegium), Araithyrea (Araethyrea), Gonoessa, Helike (Helice), Hyperesia, Kleonai (Cleonae), Korinth (Corinth), Mycenae (Mykenai), Pellene, and Sikyon (Sicyon).

1. The Aigialos once encompassed all the land that came to be known as Achaia.

Orneiai

References:
Homer, Iliad
book 2, line 571
Pausanias, Description of Greece
book 7.1.1 and 7.1.4
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