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But according to some writers each tribe derived its name from some hero;From Acarnan, son of Alcmaeon. Thucyd. b. ii. c. 102. But the hero from whom the Curetes obtained their name is not mentioned. according to others, that they had the name of Curetes from the mountain Curium,The position of this mountain is not determined. which is situated above Pleuron, and that this is an Aetolian tribe, like the Ophieis, Agraei, Eurytanes, and many others.
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But, as we have before said, when Aetolia was divided into two parts, the country about Calydon was said to be in the possession of Oeneus; and a portion of Pleuronia in that of the Porthaonidae of the branch of Agrius,Oeneus and his children were themselves Porthaonidae. Oeneus had possession only of Calydon, his brother Agrius and his children had a part of Pleuronia. Thestius, cousin-german of Oeneus and of Agrius, received as his portion the remainder of Pleuronia and transmitted it to his children, (the Thestiadae,) who probably succeeded in gaining possession of the whole country. The Porthaonidae of the branch of Agrius, were Thersites, Onchestus, Prothous, Celeulor, Lycopeiis, and Melanippus. Apollodorus, b. i. c. 7, 8. for they dwelt at Pleuron, and the lofty Calydon.Il. xiv. 117.Il. xiv. 117. Thestius however, father-in-law of Oeneus, and father of Althea, chief of the Curetes, was master of Pleuronia. But when war broke out between the Thestiadae, Oeneus, and Meleager about a boar’s head and skin, according to the poet,Il. ix. 544. following the fable concerning the boar of Calydon, but, as is probable, the dispute related to a portion of the territory; the words are these, Curetes and Aetolians, firm in battle, fought against one another.Il. ix. 525.Il. ix. 525. These then are the facts more immediately connected (with geography).
