Medeon (Acarnania)

Medeon, also called Medion, was a town in the interior of ancient Acarnania, on the road from Stratus and Phytia to Limnaea on the Ambraciot Gulf. Thucydides records that a Spartan army under Eurylochus crossed through it between Phytia and Limnaea on its march to the Battle of Olpae in 426 BCE, and it was one of the few interior towns that kept its independence from the Aetolians after the death of Alexander the Great. In 231 BCE the Aetolians besieged Medeon with a large force and had reduced it to great distress before Illyrian mercenaries sent by King Demetrius of Macedonia relieved the town, defeating the Aetolians and forcing them to retreat with the loss of their camp, arms and baggage. Medeon is mentioned again in 191 BCE as one of the Acarnanian towns that fell under the control of Antiochus, king of Syria, that year. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/