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Limnaea Ovata
Limnaea or Limnaia ( grc, Λιμναία) may refer to: *Limnaea (Acarnania), a town of ancient Acarnania, Greece *Limnaea (Thessaly), a town of ancient Thessaly, Greece * ''Limnaea'', a genus of snails in the family Lymnaeidae, synonym of ''Lymnaea'' * ''Limnaea'', a genus of bivalves in the family Unionidae, synonym of ''Unio (bivalve), Unio'' See also *Limnae (other) {{Disambiguation, genus, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limnaea (Acarnania)
Limnaea or Limnaia ( grc, Λιμναία) was a city in ancient Acarnania at the southeast corner of the Ambraciot Gulf, on the very frontier of Acarnania towards Aetolia. It site is near the modern town of Amphilochia. Thucydides said that Limnaea lay on the road from Ambracia and Argos Amphilochicum to Stratos. Philip III of Macedon disembarked at Limnaea, when about to invade Aetolia. The site of Limnaea is at a site called Karavassaras, within the bounds of the town of Amphilochia. The fortified hill commands the strategic passage that connects Ambracia and Epirus to ancient Stratos, Agrinion and the rest of Aetolia and Acarnania Acarnania ( el, Ἀκαρνανία) is a region of west-central Greece that lies along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia, with the Achelous River for a boundary, and north of the gulf of Calydon, which is the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth. Today i .... The site today is largely abandoned and open for visits through a rough, and very precarious, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |