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[194] Ἀχελώϊος, mentioned only here in H. (also Hesiod, Hesiod Theog. 340), that of 24.616 being quite different. As the only large river of GreeceS., and also probably from its connexion with Dodona, it was regarded with special veneration; “διὸ καὶ πᾶν ὕδωρ τῆι τούτου προσηγορίαι καλεῖται” (Schol.), a fact of which the Lexica will furnish the examples. The worship of Acheloos was wide-spread; see Paus.i. 41. 2 with Frazer's note. ἰσοφαρίζει, Bentley conj. “ἀντιφερίζει” on account of the “ϝ”; Dawes “Ἀχελῶος”, which is open to the same objection as “Τιταρησόν” in 2.751, a curiously similar case. But as the passage is not certainly ancient no change need be made.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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    • Hesiod, Theogony, 340
    • Homer, Iliad, 24.616
    • Homer, Iliad, 2.751
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1.41.2
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