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Aetolia . A large area of the mainland of Greece north of the Gulf of Patrae and between the river Acheloüs on the west and Mount Parnassus in the east . The eponym of Aetolia was Aetolus , an Eleian , and Aetolia seems to have ...
Aetolia . A large area of the mainland of Greece north of the Gulf of Patrae and between the river Acheloüs on the west and Mount Parnassus in the east . The eponym of Aetolia was Aetolus , an Eleian , and Aetolia seems to have ...
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The eponym of the Aetolian city of Calydon . Son of Aetolus and Pronoë , Calydon married Aeolia , who bore Epicasta and Protogeneia . ( Apollodorus 1.7.7 . ) Calydon . The principal city of Aetolia . Calydon and Pleuron were reputed to ...
The eponym of the Aetolian city of Calydon . Son of Aetolus and Pronoë , Calydon married Aeolia , who bore Epicasta and Protogeneia . ( Apollodorus 1.7.7 . ) Calydon . The principal city of Aetolia . Calydon and Pleuron were reputed to ...
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Together , these two peoples invaded the Peloponnesus from Aetolia and quickly conquered Argolis , Sparta , and Messenia . Later they brought Megara and Corinth under their domination . Thucydides dated the invasion at eighty years ...
Together , these two peoples invaded the Peloponnesus from Aetolia and quickly conquered Argolis , Sparta , and Messenia . Later they brought Megara and Corinth under their domination . Thucydides dated the invasion at eighty years ...
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| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Published | 1970 |
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