The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites
Richard Stillwell, William L. MacDonald, Marian Holland McAllister, Stillwell, Richard, MacDonald, William L., McAlister, Marian Holland, Ed.

ARGOS AMPHILOCHIKON Epeiros, Greece.

The ancient site is on the Botoko river near the modern town of Loutron on the Gulf of Arta. According to varying traditions cited by Strabo, it was founded after the Trojan War by Alkmeion or his brother Amphilochos. No Mycenaean remains have been found, but Hekataios mentions the site at the end of the 6th c. B.C. The rival of Ambrakia (Arta) in the 5th c., it was allied with Athens at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War. The circuit wall and tower on the acropolis probably originated in the 6th c.; the two long walls, each ending in a tower, which run down toward the plain were probably added about the middle of the 5th. There are traces of a theater with carved stone seats.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Strab. 7.7.7; N.G.L. Hammond, Epirus (1967)^M.

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