OENUSSAE
OENUSSAE (
Οἰνοῦσσαι,
Οἰνοῦσαι).
1.
A group of islands off the coast of Messenia. [Vol. II. p. 342b.]
2.
A group of islands between Chios and the Asiatic coast. (
Hdt. 1.165;
Thuc. 8.24;
Steph. B. sub voce They are five in number, now called
Spalmadores or
Ergonisi. Pliny (
v. 31. s. 38) mentions only one island.