There are two rivers named Acheloios.
The Acheloios River in Greece is located on the border between Acarnania and Aitolia. The Acheloios is the embodiment of the river god Acheloios, son of Okeanos (Ocean) and Tethys.
Latitude North, Longitude East
Origin: 38.6667, 21.3217
Outlet to sea: 38.3520, 21.1097
The exact location of the ancient Acheloios River in Lydia is known only by implication; it was associated with Mount Sipylos.
Latitude North, Longitude East
38.567, 27.456
| References: Homer, Iliad book 21, line 194 (Greece) book 24, line 616 (Lydia) Hesiod, Theogony lines 337–345 |