Acarnan

Na mitologia grega, Acarnan (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαρνάν; genitive Ἀκαρνᾶνος derived from ἀκαρνάν akarnan 'laurel' or 'thistle') era filho de Alcmaeon e Callirrhoe, e irmão de Amphoterus. Mythology Alcmaeon foi assassinado por Phegeus (ou, em algumas fontes, por seus filhos Agenor e Pronous), quando ainda eram muito jovens, e Calirrhoe pediu a Zeus que fizesse seus filhos crescerem rapidamente, para que pudessem vingar a morte do pai. O pedido foi atendido, e Acarnan com seu irmão mataram Phegeus, sua esposa e seus dois filhos. Os habitantes de Psophis, onde os filhos haviam sido mortos, perseguiram os assassinos até Tegea, onde, no entanto, foram recebidos e resgatados. A pedido de Achelous, eles levaram o colar e o peplos de Harmonia para Delfos, e de lá foram para o Epirus, onde Acarnan fundou o estado chamado Acarnania em sua homenagem. In Apollodorus' Bibliotheca, Book III.7.5-7 recounts the adventure of Acarnan and his brother Amphoterus to avenge their father Alcmaeon: Being apprized of Alcmaeon's untimely end and courted by Zeus, Callirrhoe requested that the sons she had by Alcmaeon might be full grown in order to avenge their father's murder. And being suddenly full-grown, the sons went forth to right their father's wrong. Now Pronous and Agenor, the sons of Phegeus, carrying the necklace and robe to Delphi to dedicate them, turned in at the house of Agapenor at the same time as Amphoterus and Acarnan, the sons of Alcmaeon; and the sons of Alcmaeon killed their father's murderers, and going to Psophis and entering the palace they slew both Phegeus and his wife. They were pursued as far as Tegea, but saved by the intervention of the Tegeans and some Argives, and the Psophidians took to flight. Having acquainted their mother with these things, they went to Delphi and dedicated the necklace and robe according to the injunction of Achelous. Then they journeyed to Epirus, collected settlers, and colonized Acarnania.