Pylene ( grc, Πυλήνη) was a town of ancient Aetolia, between the Acheolous and the Evenus, mentioned in Homer's

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in the ''

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'', is placed by

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on the Corinthian Gulf. It would therefore seem to have existed in later times; although Strabo says that the Aetolians, having removed Pylene higher up, changed its name into Proschium. Its site is tentatively located near the modern Magoula/Aitolikon.

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Populated places in ancient Aetolia Former populated places in Greece Locations in the Iliad {{AncientAetolia-geo-stub