Echinădes
(
Ἐχινάδες νῆσοι). A group of small islands at the mouth
of the Acheloüs belonging to Acarnania, said to have been formed by the alluvial
deposits of the Acheloüs. They appear to have derived their name from their
resemblance to the
echinus, or sea-urchin. The largest of these islands
was named Dulichium, and belonged to the kingdom of Odysseus, who is hence called Dulichius.
See
Herod. ii. 10.