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 B. x. c. ii. 2, 3. JETOLIA. ACARNANIA. 159 considered by some writers as the commencement of the Cor- inthian Gulf. 2. The cities of the Acarnanians are, Anactorium, situated upon a peninsula 1 near Actium, and a mart of Nicopolis, which has been built in our time ; Stratus, 2 to which vessels sail up the Achelous, a distance of more than 200 stadia ; and QEniadse 3 is also on the banks of the river. The ancient city is not inhabited, and lies at an equal distance from the sea and from Stratus. The present city is at the distance of 70 stadia above the mouth of the river. There are also other cities, Palserus, 4 Alyzia, 5 Leucas, 6 the Amphilochian Argos, 7 and Ambracia : 8 most of these, if not all, are dependent upon Nicopolis. Stratus lies half-way between Alyzia and Anactorium. 9 3. To the ./Etolians belong both Calydon 10 and Pleuron, which at present are in a reduced condition, but, anciently, these settlements were an ornament to Greece. JEtolia was divided into two portions, one called the Old, the other the Epictetus (the Acquired). The Old com- prised the sea-coast from the Achelous as far as Calydon, ex- tending far into the inland parts, which are fertile, and consist of plains. Here are situated Stratus and Trichonium, which has an excellent soil. The Epictetus, that reaches close to the Locri in the direction of Naupactus ll and Eupalium, 12 1 The promontory bears the name C. Madonna, and the ruins of Anac- torium are pointed out as existing at the bottom of the small bay of Pre- vesa. The modern town, Azio, which is not the ancient Actium, is near these ruins. 2 Near Lepenu. 3 Correction by Groskurd. Trigardon is given in the Austrian map as the ancient site of CEniadae, but this position does not agree with the text. 4 Porto-fico according to D'Anville. 6 Kandili, opposite the island Kalamo. 6 Santa Maura. 7 Neochori. 8 Arta, but the Austrian map gives Rogus as the site. 9 This is an error either of the author or in the text. Groskurd pro- poses to read Antirrhium (Castel Rumeli) in place of Anactorium. Kramer proposes to follow Tzschucke, and to exchange the positions of the words Stratus and Alyzia in the text. 10 There has been some dispute respecting the site of Calydon. Leake supposes the ruins which he discovered at Kurtaga, or Kortaga, to the west of the Evenus, (Fidari,) to be those of Calydon. 11 Lepanto. 12 Leake supposes it to have stood in the plain of Marathia, opposite the island Trissonia.