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The Acheloüs flows southward , dividing Acarnania from Aetolia , to empty into
the Ionian Sea near the entrance to the series of gulfs that separate the
Peloponnesus from the mainland to the north . It was noted in Classical times for
the rapidity ...
The Acheloüs flows southward , dividing Acarnania from Aetolia , to empty into
the Ionian Sea near the entrance to the series of gulfs that separate the
Peloponnesus from the mainland to the north . It was noted in Classical times for
the rapidity ...
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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
maintained ...
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
maintained ...
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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
have ...
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
have ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Meridian Handbook of Classical Mythology A Meridian book |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Publisher | New American Library, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2011 |
| ISBN | 0452006430, 9780452006430 |
| Length | 631 pages |
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