Euripus or Euripos (Ancient Greek: Εὔριπος) was a town in ancient Acarnania.[1] It is known mainly through epigraphic evidence, including the appointment of theorodokoi of the place is mentioned towards the year 356/5 BCE to host theoroi of Epidaurus[2] and also in another entry dated in the period 331/0-313 BCE to receive the theoroi of Nemea.[3] It was a member of the Acarnanian League in the 3rd century BCE.[4] It is also mentioned in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax.
Its site is located near the modern Rouga.[5][6]
References
- ^ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,page 359
- ^ IG IV²,1 95,15.
- ^ SEG 36:331 A 28-30.
- ^ Αρχαιολογικόν Δελτίον 22 B.2.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
See also
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