Paracheloïtae (Aetolia)
Paracheloïtae or Paracheloitai or Paracheloitas (Greek: Παραχελωίτας - meaning "near the Achelous") was a town in ancient Aetolia.[1] The town, near the Achelous River, gave name to the fertile plain adjoining it: Paracheloïtis (Παραχελωῖτις).[2] Apparently, this was older than the town of the same name in Thessaly, as Strabo relates that there, too was a river named Acheolous with giving name to a town.[3]
Although the Paracheloïtis is located as the lower flood plain of the modern Achelous River, the site of a town is not given.[4]
References
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 10.2.19. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
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Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Aetolia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 9.5.10. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.