Euripus (Acarnania)

Euripus or Euripos (Ancient Greek: Εὔριπος) was a town in ancient Acarnania.^[1] It is known mainly through epigraphic evidence, including the appointment of theorodokoi of the place is mentioned towards the year 356/5 BCE to host theoroi of Epidaurus^[2] and also in another entry dated in the period 331/0-313 BCE to receive the theoroi of Nemea.^[3] It was a member of the Acarnanian League in the 3rd century BCE.^[4] It is also mentioned in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax.

Epirus in antiquity

Its site is located near the modern Rouga.^[5][6]