Coronta

Map of ancient Acarnania and Aetolia showing Coronta, spelt "Corontas".

Coronta (Ancient Greek: τὰ Κόροντα or Κόρονται)[1] also spelt as Corontas, a small town in the interior of Acarnania, probably lying between Metropolis and Oeniadae. It is cited by Thucydides in the context of the Peloponnesian War where it is said that, after the Battle of Naupactus in 429 BCE, the Athenians made an expedition through Acarnania in which they restored the leader of Corontas, and expelled from the city some inhabitants who were contrary to their interests.[2]

It was located midway between Astakos and Stratos.[3] At a mile (1.6 km) from Pródhromo (Πρόδρομος), William Martin Leake discovered on an insulated hill the ruins of Hellenic walls, which are probably the remains of Coronta.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, s.v.
  2. ↑ Thucydides, II, 102.
  3. ↑ Francisco Romero Cruz (2005). Tucídides, Historia de la Guerra del Peloponeso (in Spanish). Madrid: Cátedra. p. 234, note. ISBN 84-376-0768-X.
  4. ↑ Leake, Northern Greece, vol. iii. p. 514.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Coronta". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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