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Aitolia
Aetolia

A mountainous region on the north-western edge of the Gulf of Korinth (Corinth).

 During the Trojan War, Thoas commanded the Achaian (Achaean) soldiers from Aitolia. He mustered forty ships for the assault on Troy, which would have carried approximately 4,600 men.

 The Aitolians who accompanied Thoas to Troy came from the cities of Chalkis (Chaicis), Kalydon (Calydon), Olenos, Pleuron, and Pylene.

Aitolia

Aitolia

Aitolia

References:
Homer, Iliad
book 2, lines 638, 643
book 4, lines 399, 527
book 5, lines 706, 843
book 9, lines 529, 531, 549, 575, 597
book 13, line 218
book 15, line 282
book 23, lines 471, 633
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