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Achelous River (Acheloos)

Achelous River
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About Achelous River (Acheloos)

The Achelous, also Acheloos, is a river in Epirus, western Greece. It is 220 km (137 mi) long. It formed the boundary between Acarnania and Aetolia of antiquity. It empties into the Ionian Sea. In ancient times its spirit was venerated as the river god Achelous.

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I just feel a bit like she was at the back of the queue when the bits of the ocean were being handed out to all the gods. There was a god called Aquilaus, who was the patron god of the Aquilaus River, and that was the largest river in ancient Greece, so that was quite important. I like the thing about him was that he created the river by crying.

from 204: No Such Thing As A Mean Butterfly, 2018-02-16 at 00:35:00 · read transcript

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Coordinates: 38.3400, 21.1100

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