A city on the Peloponnesian Peninsula.
Agamemnon, commander-in-chief of the Achaian (Achaean) army, tried to placate Achilles with bribes to end their feud. Among other things, Agamemnon offered to give Achilles Enope and six other cities. Achilles remained adamant and would not accept the gifts or forgive Agamemnon.
Homer described the seven cities as well peopled, prosperous and near the sea, rich in flocks and cattle—Kardamyle (Cardamyle), Enope, and grassy Hire, sacred Pherai (Pherae), Antheia with its deep meadows, fair Aipeia (Aepeia), and Pedasos (Pedasus) with its vineyards.
The location of ancient Enope has not been determined. The geographer Strabo and the traveler-historian Pausanias made suppositions as to Enope's locale but nothing was ever verified.
The following map indicates the probable location of ancient Enope. The location of ancient Hire given by the geographer Strabo would place Hire inland and significantly north of the other cities but without further verification the matter remains unresolved.
| References: Homer, Iliad book 9, lines 150, 292 Strabo, Geography book 8.4.5 Pausanias, Description of Greece book 3.26.8 |