Acarnania - List of Acarnanians

List of Acarnanians

  • Carnus, seer of Apollo who established the cult of Apollo Carneus among the Dorians; see also Carnea.
  • Amphilytus, seer of Peisistratos (Athens).
  • Megistias, seer at the battle of Thermopylae.
  • Lysimachus of Acarnania one of the tutors of Alexander the Great
  • Philip of Acarnania, one of the physicians of Alexander the Great
  • Machatas (sculptor)
  • Aristomenes of Acarnania, guardian and regent of Ptolemy III Euergetes
  • Alexander of Acarnania, general of Antiochus the Great

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