Astacus (Acarnania)

Astacus or Astakos ({{langx|grc|Ἄστακος}}) was a town on the west coast of ancient Acarnania, on a bay, one side of which is formed by the promontory anciently named Crithote. Astacus is said to have been a colony of Cephallenia. At the commencement of the Peloponnesian War, it was governed by a tyrant, named Evarchus, who was deposed by the Athenians in 431 BCE, but was shortly afterwards restored by the Corinthians. It is mentioned as one of the towns of Acarnania in a Greek inscription, the date of which is subsequent to 219 BCE.{{Cite Strabo|p. 459}}{{Cite Stephanus|s.v.}}{{Cite Thucydides|2.30, 2.33, 2.102}}Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax p. 13; {{Cite Ptolemy|3.14}}August Böckh, Corpus Inscript., No. 1793.

Its site is located near the modern Astakos.{{Cite Barrington|54}}{{Cite DARE|31524}}