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ΑΧΕΛΩΟΣ (Ποταμός) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
It was this silt (brought down by the Achelous) which in early times caused the country called Paracheloitis, which the river overflows, to be a subject of dispute, since it was always confusing the designated boundaries between the Acarnanians and the Aetolians; for they would decide the dispute by arms, since they had no arbitrators, and the more powerful of the two would win the victory; and this is the cause of the fabrication of a certain myth, telling how Heracles defeated Achelous and, as the prize of his victory, won the hand of Deianeira, the daughter of Oeneus, whom Sophocles represents as speaking as follows:
For my suitor was a river-god, I mean Achelous, who would demand me of my father in three shapes, coming now as a bull in bodily form, now as a gleaming serpent in coils, now with trunk of man and front of ox.
Some writers add to the myth, saying that this was the horn of Amaltheia, which Heracles broke off from Achelous and gave to Oeneus as a wedding gift. Others, conjecturing the truth from the myths, say that the Achelous, like the other rivers, was called "like a bull" from the roaring of its waters, and also from the the bendings of its streams, which were called Horns, and "like a serpent" because of its length and windings, and "with front of ox" for the same reason that he was called "bull-faced"; and that Heracles, who in general was inclined to deeds of kindness, but especially for Oeneus, since he was to ally himself with him by marriage, regulated the irregular flow of the river by means of embankments and channels, and thus rendered a considerable part of Paracheloitis dry, all to please Oeneus; and that this was the horn of Amaltheia.
ΕΥΗΝΟΣ (Ποταμός) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
And there (at Evenus River) Nessus, it is said, who had been appointed ferryman, was killed by Heracles because he tried to violate Deianeira when he was ferrying her across the river.
Nessus, (Nessos). A Centaur, who used to ferry travellers over the river Evenus. On attempting to outrage Deianira, the wife of Heracles, he was shot by the latter with one of his poisoned arrows. Upon this he presented Deianira with a portion of his poisoned blood, professedly to enable her to regain her husband's affections, should he prove false to her. A robe smeared with this blood proved fatal to Heracles.
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ΚΑΛΥΔΩΝ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΙΕΡΑ ΠΟΛΙΣ ΜΕΣΟΛΟΓΓΙΟΥ
Hercules married a second wife, Deianira. He won her hand in marriage by wrestling with the river-god Acheloos, who took the form of a centaur. During the fight, Hercules broke off one of Acheloos' horns.
Once, when Deianira and Hercules were traveling, they came to the Evenus River. A centaur, Nessos, had been appointed ferryman there. As he carried Deianira across, he tried to assault her, and Hercules, hearing her screams, ran to rescue his damsel in distress. Hercules shot the centaur in the heart with one of his arrows.
Just before he died, Nessos set up his revenge by telling Deianira that the blood spilling from his wound could be used as a love potion, if need be. Deianira picked up some of the centaur's blood and saved it. Later, she put it onto a cloak she'd woven for Hercules, hoping it would renew his love for her.
The blood, of course, was not a love potion, but a deadly poison instead, and its touch burned Hercules' skin. His eventual death is described in the biography section (see ancient Argos).
The story of Deianira and Hercules became the subject of one of Sophocles' tragic plays, Trachiniae (The Women of Trachis). Like many Greek tragedies. this play explored the disruptive and horrible consequences when gods and mortals interacted.
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Deianeira. The daughter of king Oeneus of Calydon and Althaea, but sometimes
it was whispered that Dionysus was her real father. Deianeira had many sisters
and brothers: Toxeus, Agelaus, Thyreus, Clymenus (or Periphas), Meleager, Gorge,
Eurymede and Melanippe.
Althaea died of grief when Meleager died, still a young boy, and his
sisters turned into guinea hens out of sorrow. Dionysus then intervened and spared
Deianeira and Gorge.
Deianeira was very beautiful, and both Heracles and the river god
Achelous wanted to marry her. A fight broke out between the two, and Achelous
transformed himself into a snake and then a bull. Heracles managed to break off
one of the bull's horn, and so won the battle.
The couple lived in Calydon for a few years, but when Heracles killed
a local boy by mistake, they were forced to leave. When they reached the Euenus
river they met the Centaur Nessus. When he saw the beautiful Deianeiera he tried
to rape her after he had carried her across the river, but Heracles killed him
with an arrow, its tip had been dipped in the blood of the Hydra. The dying Centaur
gave Deianeira a piece of cloth soaked with his blood, and told her to keep it.
With it, he said, she would have Heracles' love if she ever came near to losing
it.
Heracles and Deianeira settled in Trachis
where they had several children: Hyllus, Ctesippus, Glenus, Hodites and Macaria.
Heracles often went away on various adventures, but he always came back.
After many years, Deianeira was horrified to hear that her husband
had taken a young wife, and that he was coming back with her. The young bride,
Iole, was also rumoured to be very beautiful, and Deianeira was at her wits end.
When she had made sure her husband was really coming with Iole through a servant,
she put the Centaur's cloth in a barrel of water, and then put a shirt in it that
she sent to Heracles.
When Heracles put the shirt on it stuck on his skin and caused him
great pain. When he tried to take it off, pieces of his own flesh came with it.
He made it to Trachis, only
to find that Deianeira had hung herself when she had realised what she had done.
Heracles made a funeral pyre for himself by Mt.
Oeta, and then ascended it.
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Ο Κόρεσος ήταν ένας ιερέας του Διονύσου ο οποίος ερωτεύτηκε μια κοπέλα, την Καλλιρόη. Επειδή όμως δε μπορούσε να την κάνει να τον αγαπήσει προσευχήθηκε στο Διόνυσο και εκείνος έστειλε θανατηφόρο επιδημία στους Καλυδώνιους. Το μαντείο της Δωδώνης, το οποίο συμβουλεύτηκαν, έδωσε χρησμό ότι για να σωθούν έπρεπε να θυσιάσουν στο Διόνυσο είτε την ίδια την Καλλιρόη είτε κάποιον άλλο που θα είχε το θάρρος να πεθάνει. Κανείς δε δεχόταν να πάρει τη θέση της Καλλιρόης κι έτσι οδηγήθηκε εκείνη στο μέρος όπου περίμενε ο Κόρεσος για τη θυσία. Την τελευταία όμως στιγμή αντί να σκοτώσει την κοπέλα σκοτώθηκε ο ίδιος. Οταν η Καλλιρόη τον είδε νεκρό κατάλαβε πόσο την αγαπούσε και από λύπη και ντροπή αυτοκτόνησε στην πηγή της Καλυδώνας , η οποία πήρε το όνομά της (Παυσ. 7,21,1-5).
Callirrhoe, a maiden of Calydon, who, when she was loved by Coresus, a priest of Dionysus, rejected all the offers he made to her. At length, he implored his god to punish the cruel maid. Dionysus now visited the people of Calydon with a general madness, which raged there like a plague. The Dodonaean oracle, which was consulted about the mode of averting the calamity, answered, that Dionysus must be propitiated, and that Callirrhoe must be sacrificed to him, or some one else in her stead. The maiden endeavoured in vain to escape her fate; but when she was led to the altar, Coresus, instead of performing the sacrifice, felt his love for her revive so strongly, that he sacrificed himself in her stead. But she also now put an end to her life near a well which derived its name from her (Paus. vii. 21.1). There are two more mythical personages of this name. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Alabanda; Plut. Parallel. Gr. et Rom. 23)
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ΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ (Αρχαία περιοχή) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
The author of the Alcmaeonis says that Icarius, the father of Penelope, had two sons, Alyzeus and Leucadius, and that these two reigned over Acarnania with their father; accordingly, Ephorus thinks that the cities were named after these.
ΠΛΕΥΡΩΝ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Γιος του Αρη ή του Αγήνορος, πατέρας της Λήδας, του Ιφίκλου και του Ευρύπυλου.
(Thestios). The son of Ares and Demonice or Androdice, or, according to others, a son of Agenor and grandson of Pleuron, the king of Aetolia. He was the father of Iphiclus, Euippus, Plexippus, Eurypylus, Leda, Althaea, and Hypermnestra. The patronymic Thestiades is given to his grandson Meleager, as well as to his sons; and the female patronymic Thestias to his daughter Althaea, the mother of Meleager.
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Agenor: Son of Pleuron and father of Thestius, husband of Epicaste.
Epicaste: Daughter of Calydon, wife of Agenor.
Agenor, a son of Pleuron and Xanthippe, and grandson of Aetolus. Epicaste, the daughter of Calydon, became by him the mother of Porthaon and Demonice (Apollod. i. 7.7). According to Pausanias (iii. 13.5), Thestius, the father of Leda, is likewise a son of this Agenor.
ΑΡΓΟΣ ΑΜΦΙΛΟΧΙΚΟΝ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Μάντις, γιος του Αλκμαίωνα από το Αργος και της Μαντούς, κόρης του Τειρεσία, ιδρυτής της πόλης και γενάρχης του μαντικού γένους των Aιτωλοακαρνάνων.
ΑΜΦΙΛΟΧΙΚΟ ΑΡΓΟΣ (Οικισμός) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Ο Εκαταίος ο Μιλήσιος τοποθετεί τον άθλο του Ηρακλή με τα βόδια του Γυριώνη στην περιοχή της Αμφιλοχίας, επειδή πίστευε ότι η Ιβηρική ήταν πολύ μακρυά για να τα πεταφέρει από εκεί.
ΚΑΛΥΔΩΝ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΙΕΡΑ ΠΟΛΙΣ ΜΕΣΟΛΟΓΓΙΟΥ
Apollodorus, Library and Epitome 1.8.2 & P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses 8.260
ΑΓΡΙΝΙΟΝ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Son of Porthaon, accuses Tydeus, some of his sons killed by Tydeus, two of his sons kill Oeneus.
ΚΑΛΥΔΩΝ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΙΕΡΑ ΠΟΛΙΣ ΜΕΣΟΛΟΓΓΙΟΥ
Γιος του Αιτωλού και της Προνόης.
ΠΛΕΥΡΩΝ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Γιος του Αιτωλού και της Προνόης (Απολλόδ. 1,7,6).
ΑΙΤΩΛΙΑ (Αρχαία περιοχή) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
[...] but when the Epeians met them with arms, and it was found that the two forces were evenly matched, Pyraechmes the Aetolian and Degmenus the Epeian, in accordance with an ancient custom of the Greeks, advanced to single combat. Degmenus was lightly armed with a bow, thinking that he would easily overcome a heavy-armed opponent at long range, but Pyraechmes armed himself with a sling and a bag of stones, after he had noticed his opponent's ruse (as it happened, the sling had only recently been invented by the Aetolians); and since the sling had longer range, Degmenus fell, and the Aetolians drove out the Epeians and took possession of the land;
Ο Πυραίχμης ήταν Αιτωλός στρατιώτης έμπειρος στη χρήση της σφενδόνας. Αυτόν επέλεξε ο Οξυλος για να μονομαχήσει με τον Ηλείο στρατιώτη για τη βασιλεία της Ηλείας. Ο Πυραίχμης νίκησε και η βασιλεία περιήλθε στον Οξυλο (Παυσ. 5,4,2).
ΚΑΛΥΔΩΝ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΙΕΡΑ ΠΟΛΙΣ ΜΕΣΟΛΟΓΓΙΟΥ
Architeles, father of the boy Eunomus, whom Heracles killed by accident on his visit to Architeles. The father forgave Heracles, but Heracles nevertheless went into voluntary exile. (Apollod. ii. 7. 6; Diod. iv. 36, who calls the boy Eurynomus; Athen. ix.)
Eunomus (Eunomos), a son of Architeles, was killed by Heracles (Apollod. ii. 7.6). Eustathius (ad Hom.) calls him Archias or Chaerias.
Γιος του Πορθάονα
Son of Melas, killed by Tydeus.
..that Ulysses went to Aetolia, to Thoas, son of Andraemon, married the daughter of Thoas, and leaving a son Leontophonus, whom he had by her, died in old age.
There were ties of kindred between the Heracleidae and the kings of Aetolia; in particular the mothers of Thoas, the son of Andraemon, and of Hyllus, the son of Heracles, were sisters. It fell to the lot of Oxylus to be an outlaw from Aetolia. The story goes that as he was throwing the quoit he missed the mark and committed unintentional homicide. The man killed by the quoit, according to one account, was Thermius, the brother of Oxylus; according to another it was Alcidocus, the son of Scopius.
(Perseus Project - Pausanias, Description of Greece 5.3.7)
Ηταν γιος του Σκοπίου. Σύμφωνα με κάποια παράδοση τον σκότωσε κατά λάθος ο Οξυλος ρίχνοντας δίσκο και γι' αυτό εξορίστηκε από την Αιτωλία (Παυσ. 5,3,7).
Andraemon. A son of the Oxylus mentioned above, and husband of Dryope, who was mother of Amphissus by Apollo. (Ov. Met. ix. 363; Anton. Lib. 32.) There are two other mythical personages of this name, the one a son of Codrus (Paus. vii. 3.2), and the other a Pylian, and founder of Colophon. (Strab, xiv.)
ΠΛΕΥΡΩΝ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Γιος του Θέστιου.
Γιος του Οιβάλου, πατέρας της Πηνελόπης, συζύγου του Οδυσσέα.
Son of Thestius, hunts the Calydonian boar, in the Argo.
Evippus, (Euippos). A son of Thestius and Eurythemis, who, together with his brothers, was killed by Meleager. (Apollod. i. 7.10, 8.3)
ΚΑΛΥΔΩΝ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΙΕΡΑ ΠΟΛΙΣ ΜΕΣΟΛΟΓΓΙΟΥ
ΠΛΕΥΡΩΝ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Demonice, (Demonike), a daughter of Agenor and Epicaste, who became by Ares the mother of Euenus, Molus, Pylus, and Thestius. (Apollod. i. 7.7.) Hesiod (ap. Schol. ad Hm. II. xiv. 200) calls her Demodoce.
ΑΚΤΙΟΝ (Αρχαίο λιμάνι) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Actiacus, a surname of Apollo, derived from Actium, one of the principal places of his worship. (Ov. Met. xiii. 715; Strab. x.)
ΑΡΑΚΥΝΘΟΣ (Βουνό) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Arakunthias, a surname of Aphrodite, derived from mount Aracynthus, the position of which is a matter of uncertainty, and on which she had a temple. (Rhianus, ap. Steph. Byz. s. v. Arakunthos)
ΚΑΛΥΔΩΝ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΙΕΡΑ ΠΟΛΙΣ ΜΕΣΟΛΟΓΓΙΟΥ
Caledonius Kaludonios), a surname of Dionysus, whose image was carried from Calydon to Patrae (Paus. vii. 21.1), and of Meleager, the hero in the Calydonian hunt. (Ov. Met. viii. 231.)
Laphraeus (Laphraios), a surname of Apollo at Calydon. (Strab. x., where, however, some read Lathrios.)
Laphria (Laphraia), a surname of Artemis among the Calydonians, from whom the worship of the goddess was introduced at Naupactus and Patrae, in Achaia. At the latter place it was not established till the time of Augustus, but it became the occasion of a great annual festival. (Paus. iv. 31. 6, vii. 18. 6. &c.; Schol. ad Eurip. Orest. 1087). The name Laphria was traced back to a hero, Laphrius, son of Castalius, who was said to have instituted her worship at Calydon. Laphria was also a surname of Athena. (Lycoph. 356.)
ΝΑΥΠΑΚΤΟΣ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Aetole (Aitole), a surname of Artemis, by which she was worshipped at Naupactus. In her temple in that town there was a statue of white marble representing her in the attitude of throwing a javelin. (Paus. x. 38.6)
Hippotes, a son of Phylas by a daughter of Iolaus, and a great-grandson of Heracles. When the Heracleidae, on their invading Peloponnesus, were encamped near Naupactus, Hippotes killed the seer Carnus, in consequence of which the army of the Heracleidae began to suffer very severely, and Hippotes by the command of an oracle was banished for a period of ten years (Apollod. ii. 8.3; Paus. ii. 4.3, 13.3; Conon, Narrat. 26; Schol. ad Theocrit. v. 83). He seems to be the same as the Hippotes who was regarded as the founder of Cnidus in Caria. (Diod. v. 9, 53; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 1388)
ΑΡΓΟΣ ΑΜΦΙΛΟΧΙΚΟΝ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Ο Στράβωνας αναφέρει πως το Αργος Αμφιλοχικόν ιδρύθηκε από τον Αλκμαίωνα, ο οποίος έδωσε στην πόλη το όνομα του αδελφού του, Αμφίλοχου (Στράβ. 7,7,7 & 10,2,26).
ΑΙΤΩΛΙΑ (Αρχαία περιοχή) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Γιος του Ενδυμίωνα από την Ηλεία, πήρε τη βασιλεία μετά τον αδελφό του Επειό. Εξορίστηκε από την Πελοπόννησο για τον ακούσιο φόνο του Απι και κατέφυγε στην περί τον Αχελώο χώρα στην οποία έδωσε το όνομά του (Παυσ. 5.1.4,8).
Aetolus, (Aitolos). The son of Endymion, who founded Elis and
Iphianassa. Having accidentally killed Apis, son of Phoroneus, he fled with a
band of followers into the country which afterwards was called, in his honour,
Aetolia.
Aetolus (Aitolos). A son of Endymion and the nymph Neis, or Iphianassa (Apollod. i. 7.6). According to Pausanias (v. i.2), his mother was called Asterodia, Chromia, or Hyperippe. He was married to Pronoe, by whom he had two sons, Pleuron and Calydon. His brothers were Paeon, Epeius, and others (Steph. Byz. s. v. Naxos; Conon. Narrat. 14; Schol. ad Pind. Ol. i. 28). His father compelled him and his two brothers Paeon and Epeius to decide by a contest at Olympia as to which of them was to succeed him in his kingdom of Elis. Epeius gained the victory, and occupied the throne after his father, and on his demise he was succeeded by Aetolus. During the funeral games which were celebrated in honour of Azan, he ran with his chariot over Apis, the son of Jason or Salmoneus, and killed him, whereupon he was expelled by the sons of Apis (Apollod. l. c.; Paus. v. 1.6; Strab. viii.). After leaving Peloponnesus, he went to the country of the Curetes, between the Achelous and the Corinthian gulf, where he slew Dorus, Laodocus, and Polypoetes, the sons of Helios and Phthia, and gave to the country the name of Aetolia (Apollod. Paus. ll. cc.). This story is only a mythical account of the colonisation of Aetolia. (Strab. x.)
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ΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ (Αρχαία περιοχή) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Γιος του Αλκμαίωνα και της Καλλιρρόης, θυγατέρας του Αχελώου. Μαζί με τον αδελφό του Αμφότερο εποίκησαν την Ακαρνανία.
Acarnan and Amphoterus. The sons of Alcmaeon and Callirrhoe. Their mother, hearing of her husband's murder by Phegeus and his sons, prayed Zeus, who loved her, to let her sons grow up into men at once, so as to avenge their father. This done, they slew the sons of Phegeus at Tegea and himself at Psophis, offered up at Delphi the jewels of Harmonia, which they thus acquired, and then founded a kingdom called after the elder of them Acarnania.
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ΑΛΥΖΙΑ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
The author of the Alcmaeonis says that Icarius, the father of Penelope, had two sons, Alyzeus and Leucadius, and that these two reigned over Acarnania with their father; accordingly, Ephorus thinks that the cities were named after these.
ΕΥΗΝΟΣ (Ποταμός) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Son of Ares, father of Marpessa, throws himself into a river, which is named after him.
ΘΕΡΜΩΝ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Σύμφωνα με κάποια παράδοση τον σκότωσε κατά λάθος ο αδελφός του Οξυλος ρίχνοντας δίσκο (Παυσ. 5,3,7).
ΑΙΤΩΛΙΑ (Αρχαία περιοχή) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Ephorus, after saying that the Aetolians were a race which had never become subject to any other people, but throughout all time of which there is any record had remained undevastated, both because of the ruggedness of their country and because of their training in warfare, says at the outset that the Curetes held possession of the whole country, but when Aetolus, the son of Endymion, arrived from Elis and overpowered them in war, the Curetes withdrew to what is now called Acarnania, whereas the Aetolians came back with Epeians and founded the earliest of the cities of Aetolia, and in the tenth generation after that Elis was settled by Oxylus the son of Haemon, who had crossed over from Aetolia.
This extract is from: The Geography of Strabo (ed. H. L. Jones, 1924), Cambridge. Harvard University Press. Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains comments & interesting hyperlinks.
ΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ (Αρχαία περιοχή) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
It appears that also a colony from Lacedaemon settled in Acarnania, I mean Icarius, father of Penelope, and his followers, for in the Odyssey the poet represents both Icarius and the brothers of Penelope as living.. in Lacedaemon, since in that case Telemachus would not have lodged at the home of Menelaus when he went to Lacedaemon, and, secondly, we have no tradition of their having lived elsewhere. But they say that Tyndareus and his brother Icarius, after being banished by Hippocoon from their homeland, went to Thestius, the ruler of the Pleuronians, and helped him to acquire possession of much of the country on the far side of the Achelous on condition that they should receive a share of it; that Tyndareus, however, went back home, having married Leda, the daughter of Thestius, whereas Icarius stayed on, keeping a portion of Acarnania, and by Polycaste, the daughter of Lygaeus, begot both Penelope and her brothers.
Ephorus.. says that Alcmaeon, the son of Amphiaraus, made an expedition with Diomedes and the other Epigoni, and had brought to a successful issue the war against the Thebans, and then joined Diomedes and with him took vengeance upon the enemies of Oeneus, after which he himself, first giving over Aetolia to them, passed into Acarnania and subdued it; and meanwhile Agamemnon attacked the Argives and easily prevailed over them, since the most of them had accompanied the army of Diomedes.
Ephorus makes Acarnania subject to Alcmaeon even before the Trojan War; and he not only declares that the Amphilochian Argos was founded by him, but also says that Acarnania was named after Alcmaeon's son Acarnan, and the Amphilochians after Alcmaeon's brother Amphilochus; therefore his account is to be cast out amongst those contrary to Homeric history. But Thucydides and others say that Amphilochus, on his return from the Trojan expedition, was displeased with the state of affairs at Argos, and took up his abode in this country, some saying that he came by right of succession to the domain of his brother, others giving a different account.
Acarnan, the sons of Alcmaeon; and the sons of Alcmaeon ..they journeyed to Epirus, collected settlers, and colonized Acarnania. (Perseus Project - Apollodorus, Library and Epitome (ed. Sir James George Frazer))
It appears that also a colony from Lacedaemon settled in Acarnania,
I mean Icarius, father of Penelope, and his followers; for in the Odyssey the
poet represents both Icarius and the brothers of Penelope as living:
" who shrink from going to the house of her father, Icarius, that he himself
may exact the bride-gifts for his daughter", and, concerning her brothers,"for
already her father and her brothers bid her marry Eurymachus";
for, in the first place, it is improbable that they were living in Lacedaemon,
since in that case Telemachus would not have lodged at the home of Menelaus when
he went to Lacedaemon, and, secondly, we have no tradition of their having lived
elsewhere. But they say that Tyndareus and his brother Icarius, after being banished
by Hippocoon from their homeland, went to Thestius, the ruler of the Pleuronians,
and helped him to acquire possession of much of the country on the far side of
the Achelous on condition that they should receive a share of it; that Tyndareus,
however, went back home, having married Leda, the daughter of Thestius, whereas
Icarius stayed on, keeping a portion of Acarnania, and by Polycaste, the daughter
of Lygaeus, begot both Penelope and her brothers.
This extract is from: The Geography of Strabo (ed. H. L. Jones, 1924), Cambridge. Harvard University Press. Cited Apr 2003 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains comments & interesting hyperlinks.
ΠΛΕΥΡΩΝ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Cycnus (Kuknos). A son of Apollo by Thyria or Hyria, the daughter of Amphinomus. He was
a handsome hunter, living in the district between Pleuron and Calydon, and although
beloved by many, repulsed all his lovers, and only one, Cycnus, persevered in
his love. Cycnus at last imposed upon him three labours, viz. to kill a lion without
weapons, to catch alive some monstrous vultures which devoured men, and with his
own hand to lead a bull to the altar of Zeus. Phyllius accomplished these tasks,
but as, in accordance with a request of Heracles, he refused giving to Phyllius
a bull which he had received as a prize, Cycnus was exasperated at the refusal,
and leaped into lake Canope, which was henceforth called after him the Cycnean
lake. His mother Thyria followed him, and both were metamorphosed by Apollo into
swans (Antonin. Lib. 12). Ovid (Met. vii. 371, &c.), who relates the same story,
makes the Cycnean lake arise from Hyria melting away in tears at the death of
her son.
This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Nov 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
ΝΑΥΠΑΚΤΟΣ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Η ίδρυση της πανάρχαιας καστροπολιτείας χάνεται στα βάθη των αιώνων.
Η επίζηλη στρατηγική της θέσης στο στόμιο του κλειστού τότε Κορινθιακού κόλπου
ήταν η αιτία να γίνει η Ναύπακτος στη μακραίωνη ιστορική της πορεία το μήλο της
έριδος ανάμεσα στους δυνατούς της κάθε εποχής. Έτσι η παραθαλάσσια αυτή πολιτεία
συνδέθηκε με τις μεγάλες μετακινήσεις των Ηρακλειδών (Δωριέων) στα τέλη του ΙΒ΄
π.Χ. αιώνα. Εδώ ναυπήγησαν, όπως γράφουν αρχαίοι συγγραφείς, τα πλοία τους οι
Ηρακλείδες για να μπορέσουν να περάσουν αντίπερα στην Πελοπόννησο. Στο μέρος αυτό
οι Δωριείς οργάνωσαν ή βρήκαν οργανωμένο ναυπηγείο από τους Λοκρούς, από το οποίο
πήρε και το όνομά της Ναύπακτος (ναύς + πήγνυμι). Οι Ηρακλειδείς με αρχηγό τον
Ύλλο (γιο του Ηρακλή) αποπειράθηκαν να περάσουν στην Πελοπόννησο από τον Ισθμό
της Κορίνθου αλλά απέτυχαν.
Η επιλογή της Ναυπάκτου ήταν τυχαία. Το Μαντείο των Δελφών είχε προσδιορίσει
παλαιότερα στους Ηρακλειδείς με χρησμό, "στενυγράν την ευρυγάστορα", το στενό
πορθμό της πλατιάς θάλασσας στα δεξιά του Ισθμού. Η διαμονή των Ηρακλειδών στη
Ναύπακτο δεν ήταν χωρίς προβλήματα. Κεραυνός σκότωσε τον Αριστόδημο. Το ναυτικό
βούλιαξε στην προσπάθειά του να περάσει τον πορθμό και το πεζικό υπέφερε από πείνα
και διαλύθηκε. Όλα αυτά τα κακά αποδόθηκαν στο γεγονός ότι ο ιππότης (δισέγγονος
του Ηρακλή) σκότωσε τον Ακαρνάνα μάντη Κάρνο. Για να εξευμενισθεί ο θεός έπρεπε,
κατά το μαντείο των Δελφών,
να εξορίσουν για δέκα χρόνια το φονιά και να πάρουν οδηγό τους τον τριόφθαλμο.
Τον ιππότη ήταν εύκολο, τον φυγάδεψαν, ποιος όμως ήταν ο τριόφθαλμος; Για καλή
τους τύχη συνάντησαν τον Όξυλο τον Αιτωλό, που επέστρεφε στον τόπο του, μετά από
ένα χρόνο εξορία στην Ηλία, για φόνο που έκανε άθελά του. Ήταν καβάλα σε μονόφθαλμο
άλογο. Αρα λοιπόν αυτός ήταν ο τριόφθαλμος σύμφωνα με το χρησμό του μαντείου.
Έτσι λοιπόν με οδηγό τον Όξυλο οι Δωριείς πέρασαν στην Πελοπόννησο
από τον πορθμό του Ρίου με
πλοία.
Το κείμενο παρατίθεται τον Αύγουστο 2003 από την ακόλουθη ιστοσελίδα του Δήμου Ναυπάκτου
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