TENEA (city in Corinthia)
Ancient city near Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece
- Kind of place
- City
- Region
- Corinthia
- Where
- 37.80° N, 22.83° E
Tenea is a village located within the territory of Corinth, approximately sixty stades from the Acrocorinthus mountain road. Pausanias 2.5.4 The inhabitants of Ancient Tenea revered Apollo above all other deities due to their Trojan origins. Pausanias 2.5.4 Polybus is said to have raised Oedipus in this location. Strabo 8.6.22
Described in the sources
Residents claim their ancestors were Trojans captured by Greeks on the island of Tenedos. Pausanias 2.5.4
Gods and worship
A temple dedicated to Apollo Teneates existed in the village. Strabo 8.6.22
Stories and history
The settlement continued to exist even after Corinth was destroyed. Strabo 8.6.22 The settlers from Tenea eventually revolted against the Corinthians. Strabo 8.6.22 After revolting, the people of Tenea attached themselves to the Romans. Strabo 8.6.22 Agamemnon allowed these captured Trojans to settle in their current location. Pausanias 2.5.4 Aristotle suggests a kinship between the Tenedii and these people via Tennus. Strabo 8.6.22 Archias took many settlers from Tenea when he established a colony in Syracuse. Strabo 8.6.22