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The Oeonae or Oönæ were a mythical human race appearing in works of classical geography such as Pomponius Mela's De situ orbis and Pliny the Elder'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 and Hippopodes.(Mela iii. § 56).

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  1. Romer, Frank E. (1998). Pomponius Mela's Description of the World. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472084524.
  2. "The Natural History: Book IV, Chapter 27". Perseus Digital Library. Tufts University. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
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