There are two rivers named Akheloios.
The Acheloios River in Lydia is located near Mount Sipylos.
The Acheloios River in Greece is located on the border between Acarnania and Aitolia.
The Acheloios River in Greece is the embodiment of the river god Acheloios, son of Okeanos (Ocean) and Tethys.1
1. Hesiod, Theogony lines 337–345
| References: Homer, Iliad book 21, line 194 (Greece); book 24, line 616 (Lydia) |