M. ID. 4. S 14: Laike, Mono, toL ii. p. 303;
Mkn. Aetankn, p. 1S3.)
ACROTHO'UM. or ACROTH01 C^fiitim
att.n.tt: 'Kw p iam n , Thnc. ir. 109; Stnb. p.
SJI:SnLp.H: Stcpti. B. t.*.; Aomithai, Md.
■ - ■ ■ "■ ■ -. 10. t.n: Elk. 'AiipM»t,
in the pHiiiianla of Acte, in
n. dlniMl nai the eitiemilj
a me pamMn, pnlaiblr npoo tha liM of the mo-
dn /.nrs. Stnbo, Plinr, ud Ud* ntm to hare
ttqiprnt dut A^TOthocnn stood npcn the nte of Mt.
IAmi taltbianuiiinpinlHfitj. [Athos.] It
mm MiM by HcU ud other udnit irritoi th^
.. ^ Aootln lircd kiD^;er thin ordi-
ACTE (Άκτή), signified a piece of land running into the sea, and Wtadied to uwdKr lar)^ piece rf
hal, kit not necMirilT I7 * uamnr TxeA. Thiu
Rovletas gi>a the iwne rf Acte to Aaii Miocir u
eaip^ with the not of Aob (iv. 38), and bIso ts
Afrn iliiir ■■ JDttiiig out fma AiU (ir. 41).
Attici lbs «u origitiiJIy oiled Acle. (Steph. B.
■L ».) [Attica.] The mum of Atte, however,
WM mn IpRtficiIlj Applied to the eutenmuBt of
Ifae Ihne [nomtaiM jotting out from Ctulddin
a HiTt^mie. na which ML Athos Btisds. It is
tfAa of ondei Athos.
A'CTIUM ('AitTiar: £1*. 'Arriei, Adiiis ; ^({f.
'Acnsitif, AttisRU, sloo 'Aimat, Actios), s pro-
■■iLij in Acsrasiiis at the eatnnct oT Um Am.
kuDt'Colf {Galf of Arta) off which Anguttiu
pSBcd his cdetHated tictorj orer AMaoj snd
Ckif^n, «B September Sod, B, c 31. There was
■ templa of ApoUo on this pr«D(ntorj, which
TbcjdidM meotiau (L S9) as sitosted in the
taiit^ U Ansctsriant. This temple was of great
mlufiiq, md ApoDo deiiTed from it the unmame
tlAttmiaAActiaau. Then was also an ancicDt
fatinl iMOied AeHa, cetebnled heie in hoooor of
At c«d. Anp>Mns after his Tidor; eslaTged the
tniffc, nd icriTed the ancient teetiTil, which wu
kanfeith t ehhu ted once in fbor yean (nrraf-
Ttfit, Ui Ymaummaia), with miuicsl and gjvt-
■■k HBtiats, and hone ncea. (INco Cats. IL 1 ;
Sact. imj. 18.) We kvn &om a Git4 bucriptioo
fend (B the lile of Actimn, and which ia prnbahty
piir te the time of Aogtutnt, that the chief print
•f the temple was adkd 'Itpn-oAoi, and that hii
rie ma snplofed in fActal documenta, like thst
the fint Airboo at Athena, to mark the date.
(BvU. CorjKH JteripC No. 1733.) Stiabo e»j>
{f. Jti) tbtt (be tonple wai ntnated oa an
eauA*, and that below wai a pbdn with a gnre
rftna,aad adock-jard; and in another pinage
(p. til) he d»*rf)ea the harimoi ■■ eitoatcd oot-
)Ue gf the gulf. On the oppoite ccaat of Epinu,
Aifaattu (Mmded the aKj vt Nioopolis in hononi
rf hk Tietey. [NidwOLia.] AMiam waa jw
f(dj Dot a town, thongh it it aometimeB dcscribi
M neh; bat after the tbmulatini of Kicopolia,
Int biitdingi ipnng up armnd (he temple, and
■md as a kan of stibnit to Nicopolis.
Tte Mta ct Actimn has been a solject of diapnta.
7k accoBapaoTing plan of the entrance of the
Aadnoot gnl^ taksi titro the map pnbliihed by
UaL W«lfe (JomrnJ q/" tie Royal Geographical
Smtlf. rol iiS.) win give "- —' '— ■■'- -^
le nador a clor idea of |
The entrace of the Ambraciot gulf lies between the low point off Acarnania, on which stands Fort La Punta (5), and the promontory of Epirus, on which stands the modern town of Praiaa (1), near the site of the ancient Nicopolis. The iiar-
ruweat part ot thia entrance ia only 700 yocds,
but the arerage distance between the two shores is
iile. After passing thmogh this strait, the
'nsabruptlyronndasmallpaint to the SE.,
forming 1 bay aboot 4 miles in width, called the
Bag o/Prti>aa(_?). A secraid entrance is then ,
formed to the larger laein of the gnlf bj the tvo
high capei of La Scara (3) in Epeinu, and of
Madonna (4) in Acarnania, the width of this
second enlrsBca being aboot one mile ami a half.
modern writers, among others D'Anville,
.ctinm ta have been situated on Cap«
Madoma, and Anactorium, nhich Stralo (p. 451)
describes as 40 stadia from Actiom, on La Punto.
reasons bare led them to adopt this cmclosioo;
becanse the raias on C. Sfadorma are some-
i called Acio (8). which name is appurenlly a
iption of the ancient Aetioni; and, secondly,
becanse the temple of Apollo is said by Strabo (0
hate stood ai a h«ght, which descriptim answers
the iwky eminence on C. Madomia, and not to
e low peninsula of La Punta, Bat these r^uvou
e not conclusive, and there ran be no donbt that
B mte of Actinm corrcaponds to La Funta. For
shoald be observed, first, that the name A^
Dnknown to the Greeks, and appears to have been
trodnced by the VenetiBiis, who conjectured that
the ruioa cd C, Jfodonna were thoee of Actinm,
and therefore invented the word ; and, secondly, that
thongh Strabo places the temple of Apollo on a
height, he does not say that this height waa on the
sea, but on the contruy, that it was at some little
distance from the sea. In other respects Slmbu's
evidence is decisive in ivour of the identification of
Actinm with La Panla. He says that Actium ia
cue pirint which forms the entrance of the bay; and
it is clear that he considered the entrance of tba
hay to ha between iVn>eH and La Futtla, because
he makes the breadth of the strut " a little more
than Ibur Madia," or halt a mile, which is troe
when afflied to the firat narrow entnncf, bat not
to Hu second. That the stimt between Frreria
and La Am(a was regarded as the cntrsnce of the
Ambradot gulf, is clear, not only fkim tho diolanro
assigned to it by Strabo, but from the statements of |