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MOLYKRIA (Ancient city) NAFPAKTOS
All agree that Ctimenus and Antiphus, the sons of Ganyctor, fled from Naupactus to Molycria because of the murder of Hesiod, that here they sinned against Poseidon, and that in Molycria their punishment was inflicted.
ANTIRRION (Ancient city) NAFPAKTOS
Such was his advice, and at the same time he led them on the voyage from Naupactus to Molycrium.
NAFPAKTOS (Ancient city) ETOLOAKARNANIA
City of Ozolian Locrians, origin of the name, ships built by Temenus at, Dorians cross from Naupactus to Peloponnese, Hesiod murdered at, wrested by Athenians from Ozolian Locrians and given to Messenians, used as base of operations against Peloponnese, garrison of, rites of Cabiri imitated at.
ANTIRRION (Ancient city) NAFPAKTOS
Then one comes to the mountain Taphiassus; then to the city Macynia; then to Molycreia and, near by, to Antirrhium, the boundary between Aetolia and Locris, to which the distance from the Evenus is about one hundred and twenty stadia.
CHALKIS (Ancient city) NAFPAKTOS
The cities of the Aetolians.. above Molycreia are Taphiassus and Chalcis, rather high mountains, on which were situated the small cities Macynia and Chalcis, the latter bearing the same name as the mountain, though it is also called Hypochalcis.
MAKYNIA (Ancient city) NAFPAKTOS
Among the early cities Macynia and Molycreia, were founded even later than the return of the Heracleidae.
PYLINI (Ancient city) NAFPAKTOS
The poet also names Olenus and Pylene as Aetolian cities. Of these, the former, which bears the same name as the Achaean city, was razed to the ground by the Aeolians; it was near New Pleuron, but the Acarnanians claimed possession of the territory. The other, Pylene, the Aeolians moved to higher ground, and also changed its name, calling it Proschium.. Pylene has also suffered a fate similar to that of Olenus. When the poet calls Calydon both "steep" and "rocky," one should interpret him as referring to the country; for, as I have said, they divided the country into two parts and assigned the mountainous part, or Epictetus, to Calydon and the level country to Pleuron.
ANTIRRION (Ancient city) NAFPAKTOS
The Athenians gave chase and captured twelve ships, and taking most of the men out of them sailed to Molycrium.
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