Acarnania
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There was a Promontory in Acarnania called Leucrate1 on the Top of which was a little Temple dedicated to Apollo.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Joseph Addison
Demosthenes, another general, was sent around the Peloponnesus to attack Acarnania, and he ravaged the whole territory of Leueas.
From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord
Pindus, and, dividing Aetolla from Acarnania, falls into the Ionian Sea.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
TELEBOÆ, a people of Æolia or Acarnania in Greece, who removed to Italy, and settled in the isle of Capreæ.
From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Cornelius Tacitus
But they had sailed as far as Greece, and since they were unable to force their way any farther, they were passing the winter in the land of Aetolia and Acarnania.
From Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI. by H. B. Dewing
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