Macynia or Makynia (Ancient Greek: Μακυνία),[1] Macyna or Makyna (Μακύνα),[2] or Macyneia or Makyneia (Μακύνεια),[3] was a coastal town of ancient Aetolia at the foot of the eastern slope of Mount Taphiassus.
It is called a town of the Ozolian Locrians by the poet Archytas of Amphissa, who describes it in a hexameter line: "the grape-clad, perfume-breathing, lovely Macȳna."
It is also mentioned in an epigram of Alcaeus of Messene, who was a contemporary of Philip V of Macedon.
Pliny mentions a mountain Macynium, which must have been part of Mount Taphiassus, near Macynia, unless it is indeed a mistake for the town.
[4][2][5] Its site is tentatively located near the modern Makyneia.