Leukas

[ loo-kuhs ]

noun

1. Levkas.

Leukas

/ ˈluːkəs /

noun

1. another name for Levkás

Example Sentences

Hermes leads them, gibbering like bats, past various underworld landmarks, the white rock of Leukas, etc., and on their way they pass the δῆμον ὀνείρων, which Homer leaves undescribed and unexplained.

From The New Yorker

A fleet from Corinth was to join another at Leukas, one of the Ionian Islands, and then proceed to operate on the northern coast of the gulf while an army invaded the province.

From Project Gutenberg

When he arrived at Leukas, which, like Syracuse, was a Corinthian colony, he said that he was like a young man who has got into disgrace.

From Project Gutenberg

Temple, Frederick, archbishop of Canterbury, born at Santa Maura, in Leukas, one of the Ionian Islands; was highly distinguished at Balliol College, Oxford, as graduate, fellow, and tutor; in 1846 became Principal of Kneller Hall Training College, was one of H.M.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1915, his volume of poems, Sappho in Leukas, attracted immediately the attention of discriminating critics.

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