Acarnania
noun
a coastal region of the western central part of ancient Greece: now part of the province of Aetolia and Acarnania in modern Greece.
Acarnanian
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a word derived from
Acarnania.
Example Sentences
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Here stood Diores, famous for his speed, A prince of Priam's lineage; Salius there, And Patron, this of Acarnanian seed, 352 That of Arcadian birth and Tegeæan breed.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor
Passing through the territory of Amphilochian Argos, and sacking the open village of Limnaea, they advanced to Stratus the Acarnanian capital; this once taken, the rest of the country, they felt convinced, would speedily follow.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Richard Crawley
The Acarnanian nation made complaint to Philip of this barbarous and hostile act, and prevailed on him to grant them some aid of Macedonian soldiers, and to allow them to make war on the Athenians.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Titus Livius
A fierce contention then the Goddess rais'd, For the boar's head and bristly hide, between The Acarnanian and th' AEtolian bands.
From The Iliad by Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of Derby
In the ensuing winter the Acarnanian Evarchus, wishing to return to Astacus, persuaded the Corinthians to sail over with forty ships and fifteen hundred heavy infantry and restore him; himself also hiring some mercenaries.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Richard Crawley
