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Echinus (Acarnania)

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Echinus or Echinos (Greek: Εχῖνος) was an ancient Greek town of Acarnania.[1] Legend has it that it was founded by a Greek mythological figure named Echinus.[2] It is mentioned by the poet Rhianus, and appears in the list of cities of Acarnania transmitted by Pliny the Elder, who places it between Heraclea and Actium.[3] The site of Echinus is near the modern town of Vonitsa, probably the kastro (or castle) of Profitis Elias.[4][5]

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  1. ^ Hansen & Nielsen 2004, p. 359.
  2. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
    "Ἐχῖνος, πόλις Ἀκαρνανἰας, Ἐχίνου κτίσμα. Ῥιανὸς Ἐχίονος ἄστυ ταύτην εἶπεν. ὁ πολίτης Ἐχιναῖος ὡς χέρσος χερσαῖος καὶ Ἄπειρος Ἀπειραῖος Κύφος Κυφαῖος. καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐχιναῖος Ἐχιναιεύς ὡς Κρηταῖος Κρηταιεύς. τίνες δὲ Ἐχινοῦντα φασὶ τὴν αὐτήν."
  3. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.1.5.
    "Acarnaniae, quae antea Curetis vocabatur, oppida: Heraclia, Echinus et in ore ipso colony Augusti Actium cum temple Apollinis nobili ac civitate libera Nicopolitana."
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Perlman 2000, p. 119.

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