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Nericus or Nerikos (), also known as Neritus or Neritos (Νήρῐτος), was a well-fortified town on the mainland of ancient Acarnania across from , mentioned by in the . In the middle of the seventh century BC, the , under , founded a new town near the isthmus, which they called Leucas, where they settled 1000 of their citizens, and to which they removed the inhabitants of Nericus. The town must still have existed down to a much later date, as it is mentioned by in the context of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides writes that in the year 428 BCE, Athenian troops and Acarnanians under landed at Nericus, but many Leucadians came to the aid of the town, and Asopius died during the retreat. In , , a companion to on his voyages, was from Nericus; Macareus was transformed into a pig by ., , 14. 159 ff

Its site is tentatively located near the Agios Georgios.

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