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Phara ( grc, Φαρά) was an ancient Greek city located in the region of
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 ...
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History

The only ancient source that mentions the city is the '' Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax'', which lists the πὸλις ('' polis'') Φαρά between Leukada and Ithaca.Pseudo-Scylax. ''Periplus'', 34. Hansen and Nielsen place it in Leukada and identify the settlement with the current Pyrgi. Others note that Pseudo-Scylax orders Phara after Leukada and if he had wanted to classify it as a Leukadian ''polis'', he would have said the island had two ''poleis''. Thus, Phara could be one of the small islands between Leukada and Ithaca or be located on the coast of Acarnania in the ''perea'' of Leukada. If this interpretation of the text of the ''Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax'' is accepted, it would have to be classified as an unlocated polis of Acarnania.


See also

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List of cities in ancient Epirus This is a list of cities in ancient Epirus. These were Greek poleis, komes or fortresses except for Nicopolis, which was founded by Octavian. Classical Epirus was divided into three regions: Chaonia, Molossia, Thesprotia, each named after the d ...


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* Populated places in ancient Acarnania Cities in ancient Epirus Former populated places in Greece Populated places in ancient Ionian Islands {{AncientAcarnania-geo-stub