Paracheloïtae (Aetolia)

Paracheloïtae or Paracheloitai or Paracheloitas (Greek: Παραχελωίτας - meaning "near the Achelous") was a town in ancient Aetolia.^[1] The town, near the Achelous River, gave name to the fertile plain adjoining it: Paracheloïtis (Παραχελωῖτις).^[2] Apparently, this was older than the town of the same name in Thessaly, as Strabo relates that there, too was a river named Acheolous with giving name to a town.^[3]

Although the Paracheloïtis is located as the lower flood plain of the modern Achelous River, the site of a town is not given.^[4]

References

^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 10.2.19. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Aetolia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 9.5.10. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ 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.

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[1] Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 10.2.19. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

[2] Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Aetolia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

[3] Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 9.5.10. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

[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.

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