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'''Acarnan''', one of the Epigones, was a son of [[Alcmaeon (mythology)|Alcmaeon]] and [[Calirrhoe]], and brother of [[Amphoterus]]. Their father was murdered by [[Phegeus]] (or, in some sources, his sons [[Agenor, son of Phegeus|Agenor]] and [[Pronous]]), when they were yet very young, and Calirrhoe prayed to [[Zeus]] to make her sons grow quickly, that they might be able to avenge the death of their father. The prayer was granted, and Acarnan with his brother slew Phegeus, his wife, and his two sons. The inhabitants of [[Psophis]], where the sons had been slain, pursued the murderers as far as [[Tegea]], where however they were received and rescued. At the request of [[Achelous]] they carried the [[Necklace of Harmonia|necklace]] and [[peplos]] of [[Harmonia (Greek goddess)|Harmonia]] to [[Delphi]], and from thence they went to [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]], where Acarnan founded the state called after him [[Acarnania]].<ref>[[Apollodorus]] 3.7.5-7 ; [[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 9.413, &c.; [[Thucydides]] [http://classicpersuasion.org/pw/thucydides/jthucbk2rv2.htm 2.102]; [[Strabo]] 10.2.6.</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia
| last = Schmitz
| first = Leonhard
| authorlink = Leonhard Schmitz
| title = Acarnan
| encyclopedia = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]
| volume = 1
| pages = 5
| publisher =
| location =
| date = 1867
| url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0014.html
| accessdate = 2007-08-18 }}</ref>
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