Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Acheloios: a river of Akarnania. From Acheloos who came from Thessaly with Alkmaion. The river was called Thoas. The ethnonym Acheloos homophonously, and Acheloa and Achelois feminine.
External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Ἀχελῷος, ποταμὸς Ἀκαρνανίας. ἀπὸ Ἀχελῴου ἐλθόντος ἐκ Θετταλίας μετὰ Ἀλκμαίωνος. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Θόας ὁ ποταμός. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ἀχελῷος ὁμοφώνως, καὶ Ἀχελῴα καὶ Ἀχελῳίς θηλυκόν.
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