Euripus (Acarnania)

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. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.