Alyzeia

{{Short description|Ancient Greek town in Acarnania}} '''Alyzeia''' ({{langx|grc|Ἀλύζεια}})<ref name=Stephanus>{{Cite Stephanus|''s.v''}}</ref> or '''Alyzia''' (Ἀλυζια),<ref name="Cite Thucydides|7.31">{{Cite Thucydides|7.31}}</ref> was a town on the west coast of [[ancient Acarnania]].<ref>W.M. Murray, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Alyz(e)ia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530793> [accessed: 25 June 2019]</ref> According to [[Strabo]] it was distant 15 [[stadion (unit)|stadia]] from the sea, on which it possessed a harbour and a sanctuary, both dedicated to [[Heracles]]. In this sanctuary were some works of art by [[Lysippus]], representing the [[Labours of Heracles]], which a [[ancient Rome|Roman]] general caused to be removed to Rome on account of the deserted state of the place. The remains of Alyzia are still visible in the valley of [[Kandila, Aetolia-Acarnania|Kandila]]. The distance of the bay of Kandila from the ruins to [[Leucas (island)|Leucas]] corresponds with the 120 stadia which [[Cicero]] assigns for the distance between Alyzia and Leucas.<ref>{{Cite Strabo|pp. 450, 459}}</ref><ref>[[Cicero]] ''ad Fam.'' 16.2; {{Cite Pliny|4.2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Ptolemy|3.14}}</ref> Alyzia is said to have derived its name from [[Alyzeus]], a son of [[Icarius of Sparta|Icarius]].<ref>{{Cite Strabo|p. 452}}</ref><ref name=Stephanus/> It is first mentioned by [[Thucydides]]; in 375 BCE, a naval battle was fought in the neighbourhood of Alyzia between the [[ancient Athens|Athenians]] under [[Timotheus (general)|Timotheus]] and the [[ancient Sparta|Lacedaemonians]] under [[Nicolochus]].<ref name="Cite Thucydides|7.31"/> The Athenians, says [[Xenophon]], erected their trophy at Alyzia, and the Lacedaemonians in the nearest islands.<ref>{{Cite Hellenica|5.4, 5.65-66}}</ref> According to the ''[[Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax]]'' that the island immediately opposite Alyzia was called Carnus, the modern [[Kalamos (island)|Kalamos]].

[[Image:Map of ancient Epirus and environs (English).svg|right|thumb|200px|Epirus in antiquity]] Its site is located near the modern [[Kandila, Aetolia-Acarnania|Kandila]], Xiromero.<ref>{{Barrington Atlas|page=54}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|23292}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}} {{DGRG|title=Alyzia}}

==See also== *[[List of cities in ancient Acarnania]]

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