What is Oiniades?
{{Infobox Greek Dimos |name = Oiniades |name_local = Οινιάδες |image_map = DE Iniadon.svg |image_skyline = Οινιάδες 2.jpg |caption_skyline = The ancient shipyard |city_flag = |city_seal = |coordinates = {{coord|38|24.7|N|21|11.7|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation_min = |elevation_max = |elevation = 10 |map_caption = Location within the regional unit |periph = [[West Greece]] |periphunit = [[Aetolia-Acarnania]] |municipality = [[Messolonghi]] |population_as_of = 2011 |pop_municunit = 9373 |area_municunit = 270.9 |postal_code = 300 01 |area_code = 2210 |licence = ME |website = }} '''Oiniades''' ({{lang-el|Οινιάδες}}) is part of the municipality [[Missolonghi]], [[Greece]]. Its area is 270.899&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf|publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece|title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)|language=el}}</ref> It was named after the ancient town of [[Oeniadae]]. ==History== Ancient [[Oeniadae]] ({{lang-grc|Οἰνιάδαι}}) was a port town on the west bank of the river [[Achelous River|Achelous]]. It was one of the most important towns of ancient [[Acarnania]]. Oeniadai was first mentioned in the 5th century BC.<ref name=princeton>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006:entry=oiniadai OINIADAI Greece], entry in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites.</ref> It was against a hill in the marshes. These protected it from invaders.<ref name=DGRG>{{cite DGRG|title=Oeniadae}}</ref> It is the same place the modern village, [[Katochi]]. It was an important port on the route to Corfu. It changed its alliances often in the history. At first it was a member of the [[Peloponnesian League]]. But, in 424 BC it joined the Delian League. In the Hellenistic period, Oiniadai allied with