The Oeonae or Oönæ were a

mythical Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales or origin myths. Since "myth" is widely used to imply that a story is not objectively true, the identification of a narrati ...

human race appearing in works of classical geography such as

Pomponius Mela Pomponius Mela, who wrote around AD 43, was the earliest Roman geographer. He was born in Tingentera (now Algeciras) and died AD 45. His short work (''De situ orbis libri III.'') remained in use nearly to the year 1500. It occupies less ...

's ''De situ orbis'' and

Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/2479), called Pliny the Elder (), was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic ' ...

's ''Natural History. They were said to subsist exclusively on oats and the eggs of marsh birds, and to share an island with the

Panotti The Panotti (also called Phanesii, Panotii and Panotioi, from the Greek words πᾶν and οὖς for "all ears") were a mythical race of people, described as possessing large ears that covered their entire bodies. Pliny the Elder In AD 77–7 ...

and

Hippopodes The Hippopodes were a race of humanoids with horses' hooves mentioned in Greek mythology and Medieval bestiaries. Ancient sources According to some ancient geographers, the Hippopodes shared an island with two other legendary races: the Panott ...

.(Mela iii. § 56).

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