Book 10
3.6
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.
