The Cape Cheimerion and the bay of Ammoudia

That the bay of Ammoudia in ancient times extended on the inside much more than today, it is known from Thucydides (1, 46 3÷4) who tells that, on the eve of their naval battle with the Corcyreans, in 433 b.C., the Corynthians anchored in the bay a fleet of 150 ships:
 
 

"They (the Corynthians) anchored in the harbour by Cape Cheimerion in Thesprotian territory; inland from the harbour, a short distance from the sea, in Thesprotian Eleatis, is Ephyra. Near it the Acherousian Lake empties itself into the sea and the Acheron, which flows through Thesprotia, runs into the lake, which thus takes the name
Acherousian from the river".


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