The Achelous (Ancient Greek: Ἀχελῷος Akhelôios), also Acheloos, is a river of the district of Malis in ancient Thessaly, flowing past the town of Paracheloïtae, and near Lamia; a tributary of the Spercheios.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. pp. 434, 450. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ↑ Gustav Hirschfeld: Acheloos 2.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. I,1, Stuttgart 1893, col. 213.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Achelous". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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