Ambracian

Ambracia was on the coast of Epirus, and gave its name to an adjacent inlet of the sea, called the Ambracian Gulf.

The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847

They had taken eight Chian vessels, five Corinthian, two Ambracian, two

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

The Corinthians were to man ten ships of their own, two Leucadian, and three Ambracian, and to follow.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

Irritated by these causes of offence, the Corinthians were too happy to assist Epidamnus; accordingly they invited any one who was willing to settle there, and for the protection of the colonists despatched with them Ambracian and Leucadian troops and a force of their own.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

On their homeward voyage the Corinthians took by stratagem Anactorium, a town situated at the mouth of the Ambracian

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

At Ambraciot invitation, a Peloponnesian expedition sails to the Ambracian Gulf and launches an attack on Acarnania.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

Dissatisfied with the state of affairs at home on his return after the Trojan war, he built this city in the Ambracian gulf, and named it Argos after his own country.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

Peloponnesian to Ambracian Gulf and Acarnania, 2.80-2.82

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

Not long afterwards the Athenians in the twenty ships came into the Ambracian gulf to support the Argives, with Demosthenes and two hundred Messenian hoplites, and sixty Athenian archers.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

The Corinthians on the voyage home took Anactorium, which stands at the mouth of the Ambracian gulf.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003