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ΑΣΤΑΚΟΣ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΑΙΤΩΛΟΑΚΑΡΝΑΝΙΑ
Astakos: Eth. Anstakenis, Astakios. a town on the W. coast of Acarnania,
on the bay now called Dragamesti, one side of which is formed by the promontory
anciently named Crithote. The ruins of Astacus are probably those described by
Leake as below a monastery of St. Elias, and which he supposes to be those of
Crithote. There was, however, no town Crithote, but only a promontory of this
name; and Leake has misunderstood the passage of Strabo, in which Crithote is
mentioned. 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 (B.C. 431), 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 B.C. 219.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited May 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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