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Modern Description: Unfenced, unsignposted, dramatic views, Mycenaean and Archaic sherds as well as C/H masonry. Accessible in ca. 45 minutes by a steep marked trail (red and blue blazes, Anavasi Mt. Geraneia map) from Dyo Kastron street, Schinos. A forest fire in 2021 led to mudslides and major erosion, forcing minor detours from the trail.
Oinoi was a fort that overlooked the Halcyonic Bay not far from Megarian territory (Strab. 8.1.3, 6.22; 9.2.25). The fort was captured by Aigisilaus during his campaign in Piraion in 390 B.C. but was recovered not long afterwards by Iphikrates.
The site has long been recognized as the imposing fortified compound on the hill of Viokastro (Diokastro 2022) above the modern village of Schinos. The high (400 m) hill is difficult of access from the coastal plain and the summit is crowned by a network of polygonal walls that served both as partial terracing and fortifications. Some of the walls, which are preserved in places to a height of over 4 m, are closely parallel and so create a series of narrow corridors. The highest part of the fort appears to have been a keep and below it to the E is a small plateau, reached by a stairway, where there is a large cistern. The fort guarded one of the chief routes from Boiotia to the Peloponnesos and would have been also an effective coastal watch station for fleet movements. (J. R. WISEMAN)
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oenoe_(Corinthia)
Wikidata ID: Q57777690
Trismegistos Geo: 60703

Info: Princeton Encyclopedia

(Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, from Perseus Project)

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