taking notice of the shoreline-transforming power of the Acheloos River, even compared it to the Nile in this respect:
:'There are other rivers as well which, though not as large as the Nile, have had substantial results. In particular (although I could name others), there is the Achelous, which flows through Acarnania into the sea and has already turned half the Echinades islands into mainland.' (2.10, trans. Waterfield)

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