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  • The only doctor who dared to offer a cure was Philip from the land of Acarnania in northwest Greece.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • The only doctor who dared to offer a cure was Philip from the land of Acarnania in northwest Greece.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • The only doctor who dared to offer a cure was Philip from the land of Acarnania in northwest Greece.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • At length they approached Stratus, which is the largest city in Acarnania, thinking that, if they could take it, the other places would soon come over to them.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • During the same winter the Athenian forces at Naupactus, after the Peloponnesian fleet had dispersed, made an expedition under the command of Phormio into the centre of Acarnania with four hundred hoplites of their own taken from the fleet61 and four hundred Messenian hoplites.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Now the Corinthians and their allies were not equipped for a naval engagement, but for the conveyance of troops into Acarnania, and they never imagined that the Athenians with twenty ships would venture to engage their own forty-seven.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Passing over the river Achelous they marched through Acarnania, leaving the city and garrison of Stratus on the right hand, and the rest of Acarnania on their left.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • The Athenians under Phormio sailed back from Acarnania to

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Corinthians, which they handed over to the Palaereans of Acarnania, giving to them alone of the Acarnanians the right of occupying the city and country.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Acarnanians on the sea-coast would be unable to assist the inland tribes, and they might easily conquer Acarnania.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

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