Ithome

[ ih-thoh-mee ]

noun

1. Mount, a mountain in SW Greece, in SW Peloponnesus. 2,630 feet (802 meters).
2. in ancient geography, a fortress of Messenia on Mount Ithome.

Example Sentences

All went well as long as the food lasted, but the time came when the Messenians in Ithome had nothing to eat.

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

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The people of Tricce, Ithome, and chalia, under the sons of Asclepius.

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We ascended Ithome and visited the massive ruins of Messene the same day.

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At any rate, Ithome was the fortress in which Aristodemos made the last stand against Sparta in the first war.

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