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AGRINION (Ancient city) ETOLOAKARNANIA
Agrinium (Agrinion), a town of Aetolia, situated towards the NE. of Aetolia, near the Achelous. Its position is quite uncertain. From its name we might conjecture that it was a town of the Agraci; but the narrative in Polybius (v. 7) would imply that it was not so far north. In B.C. 314 we find Agrinium in alliance with the Acarnanians, when Cassander marched to the assistance of the latter against the Aetolians. As soon as Cassander returned to Macedonia, Agrinium was besieged by the Aetolians,and capitulated; but the Aetolians treacherously put to death the greater part of the inhabitants. (Died. xix. 67, 68; Leake, Northern Greece, vol. i. p. 156.)
AKRES (Ancient city) IERA POLIS MESSOLONGIOU
Acrae (Akrai), a town in Aetolia of uncertain site, on the road from Metapa to Conope. Stephanus erroneously calls it an Acarnanian town. (Pol. v. 13; Steph. B. s. v. Akra.)
KONOPAS (Ancient city) IERA POLIS MESSOLONGIOU
Afterwards Arsinoe. Konope: Eth. Konopeus, Konopites, Konopaios Arsinoe:
Eth. Arsinoites, Arsinoeus: Anghelokastro. A town of Aetolia, near the eastern
bank of the Achelous, and 20 stadia from the ford of this river. It was only a
village, till it was enlarged by Arsinoe, the wife and sister of Ptolemy Philadelphus.
Polybius, in his history of the Social War (B.C. 220--217), calls it Conope, though
elsewhere he calls it Arsinoe or Arsinoia (Arsinoia). It is mentioned by Cicero
under the name of Arsinoe. Near this town the river Cyathus flowed into the Achelous
from the lake Hyria, which is also called Conope by Antoninus Liberalis.
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KYPARISSOS (Village) ETOLOAKARNANIA
Cyparissus (Kuparissos: Eth. Kuparisseus), an ancient town of Phocis,
in the vicinity of Delphi. It is mentioned in the Homeric catalogue (Il. ii. 519)
along with Pytho (Delphi), and is described by Dicaearchus as situated in the
interior of Phocis. It is placed by Strabo below Lycoreia, which was situated
on one of the heights of Parnassus (ix. p. 423), which position is more probable
than the one assigned to it by Pausanias, who supposes Cyparissus to be the ancient
name of the place afterwards called Anticyra (x. 36. § 5). Cyparissus is also
mentioned by Statius (Theb. vii. 344) and Stephanus (s. v.). If we follow the
authority of Strabo respecting the position of Cyparissus, its site is perhaps
indicated by the walls of an Hellenic town, at the southern foot of the mountain,
midway between the Schiste and Delphi. (Leake, vol. ii. p. 579.)
LYSSIMACHIA (Ancient city) IERA POLIS MESSOLONGIOU
Lusimachia: Eth. Lusimacheus (Papadhates). A town of Aetolia, situated
upon the southern shore of the lake formerly called Hyria or Hydra, and subsequently
Lysimachia, after this town. The town was probably founded by Arsinoe, and named
after her first husband Lysimachus, since we know that she enlarged the neighbouring
town of Conope, and called it Arsinoe after herself. The position of the town
is determined by the statement of Strabo that it lay between Pleuron and Conope,
and by that of Livy, who places it on the line of march from Naupactus and Calydon
to Stratus. Its site, therefore, corresponds to Papadhates, where Leake discovered
some Hellenic remains. It was deserted in Strabo's time.
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STRATOS (Ancient city) ETOLOAKARNANIA
Eth. Stratios: its territory he Stratike: Surovigli. The chief town
of Acarnania, was situated in the interior of the country, in a fertile plain
on the right bank of the Achelous. It commanded the principal approaches to the
plain from the northward, and was thus a place of great military importance. Strabo
(x. p. 450) places it 200 stadia from the mouth of the Achelous by the course
of the river. At the distance of 80 stadia S. of the town the river Anapus flowed
into the Achelous; and 5 Roman miles to its N., the Achelous received another
tributary stream, named Petitaurus. (Thuc. ii. 82; Liv. xliii. 22.) Stratus joined
the Athenian alliance, with most of the other Acarnanian towns, at the commencement
of the Peloponnesian War. In B.C. 429 it was attacked by the Ambraciots, with
a number of barbarian auxiliaries, aided by some Peloponnesian troops, under the
command of Cnemus; but they were defeated under the walls of Stratus, and obliged
to retire. Thucydides describes Stratus at that time as the chief town of Acarnania,
which it is also called by Xenophon in his account of the expedition of Agesilaus
into this country. (Thuc. ii. 80, seq., iii. 106; Xen. Hell. iv. 6) When the Aetolians
extended their dominions, Stratus fell into the hands of this people, whence it
is called by Livy a town of Aetolia. It is frequently mentioned during the Macedonian
and Roman wars. Neither Philip V. nor his successor Perseus was able to wrest
the town from the Aetolians; and it remained in the power of the latter till their
defeat by the Romans, who restored it to Acarnania, together with the other towns,
which the Aetolians had taken from the Acarnanians. (Polyb. iv. 63, v. 6, 7, 13,
14, 96; Liv. xxxvi. 11, xliii. 21, 22.) Livy (xliii. 21) gives an erroneous description
of the position of Stratus when he says that it is situated above the Ambracian
gulf, near the river Inachus.
There are considerable remains of Stratus at the modern village of
Surovigli. The entire circuit of the city was about 2 1/2 miles. The eastern wall
followed the bank of the river. Leake discovered the remains of a theatre situated
in a hollow: its interior diameter below is 105 feet, and there seem to have been
about 30 rows of seats. (Leake, Northern Greece, vol. i. p. 137, seq.)
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TRICHONION (Ancient city) IERA POLIS MESSOLONGIOU
Trichonion: Eth. Trichonieus. A town of Aetolia, from which the lake
Trichonis derived its name. Its position is uncertain. Leake places it S. of the
lake at a place called Gavala, and Kiepert, in his map E. of the lake. But since
Strabo mentions it along with Stratus as situated in a fertile plain, it ought
probably to be placed N. of the lake (Strab. x. p. 450; Pol. v. 7; Steph. B. s.
v.). It was evidently a place of importance, and several natives of this town
are mentioned in history. (Pol. iv. 3, v. 13, xvii. 10; Paus. ii. 37. § 3; Leake,
Northern Greece, vol. i. p. 155.)
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PANETOLIKO (Mountain) ETOLOAKARNANIA
(Panaitolion). A mountain in Aetolia, near Thermon, in which town the panegyric festival of the Aetolians was held.
STRATOS (Ancient city) ETOLOAKARNANIA
Now Lepenu or Lepanon, the chief town in Acarnania, ten stadia west of the Achelous. Its territory was called Stratice.
STRATOS (Municipality) AMFILOCHIA
AGRINION (Ancient city) ETOLOAKARNANIA
A town in central Aitolia ca. 3 km NE of the modern town of the same
name (formerly called Vrachori). Its general location, E of the Acheloos river
below Stratos, is given by Polybios (5.7.7) in his account of the march of Philip
V on Thermon in 218 B.C. The town, which had been occupied by the Akarnanians
in 314 B.C., was sacked by the Aitolians (Diod. 19.67-68). Excavations have uncovered
a stretch of city wall ca. 2 km in circumference, and foundations of several buildings.
E. Vanderpool, ed.
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FISTYON (Ancient city) ETOLOAKARNANIA
A city known only by references in inscriptions to its citizens and
to the widely-known Temple of Aphrodite Syria Phistyis at ancient Hieridai. It
is usually identified with the fortress at Neromana below the town of Soboniko
on the N side of Lake Trichonis, between Paravola and Thermon. The walls and towers,
of which four or five courses are preserved, resemble those at Thermon, and are
dated by comparison at the end of the 3d c. B.C. The identification rests chiefly
on the proximity of the site to Hieridai, which is above Tsakonina near Kryonero.
A 6th c. antefix, now in the museum at Agrinion, was found there in excavating
at the Church of the Madonna, and attests to the antiquity of the sanctuary. The
cult of Syrian Aphrodite is known only from inscriptions found there and elsewhere
in the region, all dated late 3d or 2d c. In the light of the modest circuit of
walls at Neromana, some have preferred to place Phistyon at Paravola. There are
numerous traces of ancient buildings, largely Hellenistic, throughout the fertile
land on the north side of the lake.
M. H. Mc Allister, ed.
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PARAVOLA (Small town) ETOLOAKARNANIA
The most important modern village between Agrinion and Thermon, N
of Lake Trichonis, and the site of a large Hellenistic fortress. It has been identified
with Phistyon and Bukation, both of which are located in the region by inscriptions.
The site is an isolated hill sloping down on the S side to the plain which it
commands. The city wall included a sizable area of the lower ground, and appears
to represent several building periods; the latest parts, such as the round towers,
are comparable to the E wall at Thermon, dated to the 2d c. B.C.
M. H. Mc Allister, ed.
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STRATOS (Ancient city) ETOLOAKARNANIA
Located between Agrinion and Amphilochia in Akarnania, on the right
bank of the Acheloos.
The name and the history of Stratos are noted in the sources (Strab.
10.450; Ptol. 5.13.10; 96.3). During the Peloponnesian War the city was allied
with Athens. In 314 Kassander completed the synoecism between Stratos, Saurias,
and Agrinion; and in 270, after the death of Pyrrhos, it was assigned to Aitolia.
Antiochos, and later Nikander, found refuge at Stratos. In 167 it was included
in the Roman province.
The ruins of Stratos, with an extensive city wall that encloses the
modern village of Surovigli, extend over three hills. The walls, because of their
numerous spurs and many towers, should antedate 429 B.C. although the building
technique is pseudo-isodomic trapezoidal, more typical of the 4th c. Actually,
since the W sector encloses the Temple of Zeus, it is probable that the dating
of the entire wall should be lowered to 314 B.C. A median wall, a diateichisma
running N-S, cuts the enclosed area approximately in half. It was intended for
the concentration of the defense in case of attack. The large gate in the wall
opens to the S, and is defended by powerful buttresses. To the N of the surrounding
wall is the acropolis, protected by its own encircling wall which is linked to
the defensive system.
The theater, of the 4th c. B.C., is on a hill E of the village of
Surovigli. The city probably also had a gymnasium, since an inscription of the
2d c. B.C. (IG2 IX, 1.24.408) records the appointment of a gymnasiarchos.
Also datable to the 4th c. B.C. is the agora, SW of the modern village.
The entire W side of the structure, with its portico, was built on a row of subterranean
rooms, a Hellenistic peculiarity.
The Temple of Zeus, a peripteros 16.5 x 32.4 m on the W hill, may
be dated to the 4th c., as is suggested by its connection with the city wall.
It has a miscellany of orders: Doric in the peristasis, Ionic in the architrave,
and Corinthian in the interior.
N. Bonacasa, ed.
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