The many names of Nafpaktos. This could be another title for this story for Nafpaktos has changed its name more times that the most hardened criminal. The original Naupaktos is a composite word from the ancient Greek naus “ship” and pegneme “to fix”, thus it meant “shipyard”. The Romans called the town Naupactus, while the Franks and the Venetians in the late Medieval period called it Nepant or Nepanto and then Lepant or Lepanto. When the town fell to the Ottoman Turks its name was adapted to Inebahti, since this was as close as the Ottomans could come to the pronunciation of the Greek name Nepahtos. The town was also known as Enebekt, Eynebahti and Ainabahti (Castle of Delight).