ACALANDRUS
ACALANDRUS (
Ἀκάλανδρος), a river of Lucania, flowing into the gulf of Tarentum.
It is mentioned both by Pliny and Strabo, the former of whom appears to place it to the north of Heraclea: but his authority is not very distinct, and Strabo, on the contrary, clearly states that it was in the territory of Thurii, on which account Alexander of Epirus sought to transfer to its banks the general assembly of the Italian Greeks that had been previously held at Heraclea. [HERACLEA.] Cluverius and other topographers, following the authority of Pliny, have identified it with the
Salandrella, a small river between the
Basiento and
Agri; but there can be little doubt that Barrio and Romanelli are correct in supposing it to be a small stream, still called the
Calandro, flowing into the sea a little N. of
Roseto, and about 10 miles S. of the mouth of the Siris or
Sinno. It was probably the boundary between the territories of Heraclea and Thurii. (
Plin. Nat. 3.11.15; Strab. p. 280; Cluver.
Ital. p. 1277; Barrius
de Ant. Calabr. 5.20; Romanelli, vol. i. p. 244.)
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