Astacus (Acarnania)

Astacus or Astakos (Ancient Greek: Ἄστακος) was a town on the west coast of ancient Acarnania, on a bay, one side of which is formed by the promontory anciently named Crithote. Astacus is said to have been a colony of Cephallenia. At the commencement of the Peloponnesian War, it was governed by a tyrant, named Evarchus, who was deposed by the Athenians in 431 BCE, but was shortly afterwards restored by the Corinthians. It is mentioned as one of the towns of Acarnania in a Greek inscription, the date of which is subsequent to 219 BCE.[1][2][3][4][5]

Its site is located near the modern Astakos.[6][7]

References
  1. Strabo. Geographica. p. 459. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
  3. Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. 2.30, 2.33, 2.102.
  4. Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax p. 13; Ptolemy. The Geography. 3.14.
  5. August Böckh, Corpus Inscript., No. 1793.
  6. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying.
  7. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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


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