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  M. ID. 4. S 14: Laike, Mono, toL ii. p. 303; Mkn. Aetankn, p. 1S3.)

 ACROTHO'UM. or ACROTH01 C^fiitim att.n.tt: 'Kw p iam n, Thnc. ir. 109; Stnb. p. SJI:SnLp.H: Stcpti. B. t.*.; Aomithai, Md. ■ - ■ ■ "■ ■ -. 10. t.n: Elk. 'AiipM»t, in the pHiiiianla of Acte, in n. dlniMl nai the eitiemilj a me pamMn, pnlaiblr npoo tha liM of the mo- dn /.nrs. Stnbo, Plinr, ud Ud* ntm to hare ttqiprnt dut A^TOthocnn stood npcn the nte of Mt. IAmi taltbianuiiinpinlHfitj. [.] It mm MiM by HcU ud other udnit irritoi th^ .. ^ Aootln lircd kiD^;er thin ordi-
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 ACTE, signified a piece of land running into the sea, and Wtadied to uwdKr lar)^ piece rf hal, kit not necMirilT I7 * uamnr TxeA. Thiu Rovletas gi>a the iwne rf Acte to Aaii Miocir u eaip^ with the not of Aob (iv. 38), and bIso ts Afrn iliiir ■■ JDttiiig out fma AiU (ir. 41). Attici lbs «u origitiiJIy oiled Acle. (Steph. B. ■L ».) [.] The mum of Atte, however, WM mn IpRtficiIlj Applied to the eutenmuBt of Ifae Ihne [nomtaiM jotting out from Ctulddin a HiTt^mie. na which ML Athos Btisds. It is tfAa of ondei Athos.

 A'CTIUM ('AitTiar: £1*. 'Arriei, Adiiis ; ^({f. 'Acnsitif, AttisRU, sloo 'Aimat, Actios), s pro- ■■iLij in Acsrasiiis at the eatnnct oT Um Am. kuDt'Colf {Galf of Arta) off which Anguttiu pSBcd his cdetHated tictorj orer AMaoj snd Ckif^n, «B September Sod, B, c 31. There was ■ templa of ApoUo on this pr«D(ntorj, which TbcjdidM meotiau (L S9) as sitosted in the taiit^ U Ansctsriant. This temple was of great mlufiiq, md ApoDo deiiTed from it the unmame tlAttmiaAActiaau. Then was also an ancicDt fatinl iMOied AeHa, cetebnled heie in hoooor of At c«d. Anp>Mns after his Tidor; eslaTged the tniffc, nd icriTed the ancient teetiTil, which wu kanfeith t ehhu ted once in fbor yean (nrraf- Ttfit, Ui Ymaummaia), with miuicsl and gjvt- ■■k HBtiats, and hone ncea. (INco Cats. IL 1 ; Sact. imj. 18.) We kvn &om a Git4 bucriptioo fend (B the lile of Actimn, and which ia prnbahty piir te the time of Aogtutnt, that the chief print •f the temple was adkd 'Itpn-oAoi, and that hii rie ma snplofed in fActal documenta, like thst the fint Airboo at Athena, to mark the date. (BvU. CorjKH JteripC No. 1733.) Stiabo e»j> {f. Jti) tbtt (be tonple wai ntnated oa an eauA*, and that below wai a pbdn with a gnre rftna,aad adock-jard; and in another pinage (p. til) he d»*rf)ea the harimoi ■■ eitoatcd oot- )Ue gf the gulf. On the oppoite ccaat of Epinu, Aifaattu (Mmded the aKj vt Nioopolis in hononi rf hk Tietey. [NidwOLia.] AMiam waa jw f(dj Dot a town, thongh it it aometimeB dcscribi M neh; bat after the tbmulatini of Kicopolia, Int biitdingi ipnng up armnd (he temple, and ■md as a kan of stibnit to Nicopolis. Tte Mta ct Actimn has been a solject of diapnta. 7k accoBapaoTing plan of the entrance of the Aadnoot gnl^ taksi titro the map pnbliihed by UaL W«lfe (JomrnJ q/" tie Royal Geographical Smtlf. rol iiS.) win give "- —' '— ■■'- -^ le nador a clor idea of

The entrace of the Ambraciot gulf lies between the low point off Acarnania, on which stands Fort La Punta (5), and the promontory of Epirus, on which stands the modern town of Praiaa (1), near the site of the ancient Nicopolis. The iiar- ruweat part ot thia entrance ia only 700 yocds, but the arerage distance between the two shores is iile. After passing thmogh this strait, the 'nsabruptlyronndasmallpaint to the SE., forming 1 bay aboot 4 miles in width, called the Bag o/Prti>aa(_?). A secraid entrance is then , formed to the larger laein of the gnlf bj the tvo high capei of La Scara (3) in Epeinu, and of Madonna (4) in Acarnania, the width of this second enlrsBca being aboot one mile ami a half. modern writers, among others D'Anville, .ctinm ta have been situated on Cap« Madoma, and Anactorium, nhich Stralo (p. 451) describes as 40 stadia from Actiom, on La Punto. reasons bare led them to adopt this cmclosioo; becanse the raias on C. Sfadorma are some- i called Acio (8). which name is appurenlly a iption of the ancient Aetioni; and, secondly, becanse the temple of Apollo is said by Strabo (0 hate stood ai a h«ght, which descriptim answers the iwky eminence on C. Madomia, and not to e low peninsula of La Punta, Bat these r^uvou e not conclusive, and there ran be no donbt that B mte of Actinm corrcaponds to La Funta. For shoald be observed, first, that the name A^ Dnknown to the Greeks, and appears to have been trodnced by the VenetiBiis, who conjectured that the ruioa cd C, Jfodonna were thoee of Actinm, and therefore invented the word ; and, secondly, that thongh Strabo places the temple of Apollo on a height, he does not say that this height waa on the sea, but on the contruy, that it was at some little distance from the sea. In other respects Slmbu's evidence is decisive in ivour of the identification of Actinm with La Panla. He says that Actium ia cue pirint which forms the entrance of the bay; and it is clear that he considered the entrance of tba hay to ha between iVn>eH and La Futtla, because he makes the breadth of the strut " a little more than Ibur Madia," or halt a mile, which is troe when afflied to the firat narrow entnncf, bat not to Hu second. That the stimt between Frreria and La Am(a was regarded as the cntrsnce of the Ambradot gulf, is clear, not only fkim tho diolanro assigned to it by Strabo, but from the statements of 