Schoenus or Schoinous (Ancient Greek: Σχοινοῦς) was a town in the centre of ancient Arcadia near Methydrium. It was said to have derived its name from the Boeotian Shoenus.[1][2]

Its site is unlocated.[3]

References

  1. Pausanias (1918). "35.10". Description of Greece. Vol. 8. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann via Perseus Digital Library.
  2. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Schoenus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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