Peloponnese

/ ˌpɛləpəˈniːs /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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