{{Infobox ancient site |name = Medeon |native_name = Μεδεών {{in lang|el}} |image = Ερείπια από το τείχος της αρχαίας Μεδεώνας. - panoramio.jpg |alt = |caption = Part of the ancient walls of Medeon |map_type = Greece |map_alt = |map_size = |coordinates = {{coord|38.78181|N|21.12878|E|format=dms|display=|source:http://dare.ht.lu.se/places/31602.html}} |location = |region = |type = Ancient city |part_of = |length = |width = |area = |height = |builder = |material = |built = |abandoned = |cultures = |dependency_of = |occupants = |event = |excavations = |archaeologists = |condition = Ruined-unexcavated |ownership = |management = |public_access = |notes = }} '''Medeon''' ({{langx|grc|Μεδεών}}) or '''Medion''' (Μεδίων) was a town in the interior of [[ancient Acarnania]], on the road from [[Stratus (Acarnania)|Stratus]] and [[Phytia]] (or Phoeteiae) to [[Limnaea (Acarnania)|Limnaea]] on the [[Ambraciot Gulf]]. [[Thucydides]] mentions that it was crossed by the [[ancient Sparta|Spartan]] army during the [[Peloponnesian War]], under the command of [[Eurylochus (Spartan general)|Eurylochus]], between Phytia and Limnaea, on its march to [[Battle of Olpae]] in 426 BCE.<ref>{{Cite Thucydides|3.106}}</ref> It was one of the few towns in the interior of the country which maintained its independence against the [[Aetolians]] after the death of [[Alexander the Great]]. At length, in 231 BCE, the Aetolians laid siege to Medeon with a large force, and had reduced it to great distress, when they were attacked by a body of [[ancient Illyria|Illyrian]] mercenaries, who had been sent by sea by [[Demetrius II Aetolicus|Demetrius]], king of [[ancient Macedon|Macedonia]], in order to relieve the place. The Aetolians were defeated, and obliged to retreat with the loss of their camp, arms, and baggage.<ref>{{Cite Polybius|2.2-2.4}}</ref> Medeon is again mentioned in 191 BCE, as one of the Acarnanian towns, of which [[Antiochus III the Great|Antiochus]], king of [[Seleucid Empire|Syria]], obtained possession in that year.<ref>{{Cite Livy|36.11, 12}}</ref>
The site of Medeon is near the modern village of [[Katouna]].<ref>{{Cite DARE|31602}}</ref><ref>{{Barrington Atlas|page=54}}</ref>
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[[Category:Populated places in ancient Acarnania]] [[Category:Former populated places in Greece]]
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