Peloponnese

/ ˌpɛləpəˈniːs /

noun

the Peloponnese
the Peloponnese the S peninsula of Greece, joined to central Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth: chief cities in ancient times were Sparta and Corinth, now Patras. Pop: 503 300 (2001). Area: 21 439 sq km (8361 sq miles) Also known asPeloponnesus Medieval nameMorea Modern Greek namePeloponnesos

His good luck took him to a cousin, a namesake of the Emperor Theophilus, and in his patrons train he went to the Peloponnese.

Arcadia, a very mountainous country, the centre of the Peloponnese, was the last stronghold of the aboriginal Greeks.

He was sending some commissioners to Asia, and ordered them to visit the Peloponnese on their way and give a friendly warning.

By the “two horns” he meant Ithome and the Acrocorinthus, and by518 the “ox” the Peloponnese.

Thus the Spartan hegemony in the Peloponnese was not really a federation except in the broadest sense.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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