Chaŏnia

, a mountainous part of Epirus, which receives its name from Chaon, a son of Priam, inadvertently killed by his brother Helenus. There was a wood near, where doves ( Chaoniæ aves ) were said to deliver oracles. The words Chaonius victus are by ancient authors applied to acorns, the food of the first inhabitants. Lucan , bk. 6 , li. 426 .— Claudian , de Raptu Proser pinæ , bk. 3 , li. 47 .— Virgil , Æneid , bk. 3 , li. 335 .— Pro pert i us , bk. 1 , poem 9.— Ovid , Ars Am at or i a , bk. 1 .