Zacynthus

[ zuh-kin-thuhs, -sin- ]

noun

1. Latin name of Zante.

Zacynthus

/ -ˈkɪn-; zəˈsɪnθəs /

noun

1. the Latin name for Zante

Example Sentences

And then to eastward the bedroom window of Llanddewi Rectory looked over hill and valley, over high woods, quivering with leafage like the beloved Zacynthus of Ulysses, away to the forest of Wentwood, to the church tower on the hill above Caerleon.

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We meet the travelling cheese merchant, and the noble exile on his way to Zacynthus.

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That may be; but observe the women and you will find them weeping; in addition to their misery they are lamenting the flight of the serpent of Zacynthus.

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It was blue, with golden stars—the serpent which bit Zacynthus and was the cause of the foundation of the city around the tomb of the hero.

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The sharp voice of the old man penetrated the silence as he told of the origin of Saguntum, which if it were Grecian on account of the merchants of Zacynthus having established their factories there, was also Italian on account of the Rutulians from Ardea who had gone thither in remote times to found a colony.

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