Astacus (Acarnania)

Astacus, also spelled Astakos, was a town on the west coast of ancient Acarnania in western Greece, said to have been founded as a colony of Cephallenia. At the start of the Peloponnesian War it was ruled by a tyrant named Evarchus, who was deposed by Athens in 431 BC and later restored with Corinthian help, and the town later appears among the members of the Acarnanian League. Its site is located near the modern town of Astakos, which preserves its ancient name. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/