Ithome

American  

[ih-thoh-mee] / ɪˈθoʊ mi /

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.

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Example Sentences

The Lacedaemonians, meanwhile, finding the war against the rebels in Ithome likely to last, invoked the aid of their allies, and especially of the Athenians, who came in some force under the command of Cimon.

From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Crawley, Richard

On one hand is Ithome and the Messenian Gulf, on the other the Ionian Sea and the Strophades....

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

The ox was, of course, the Peloponnesus, and the other horn was the Acro-Corinthus, which, with Ithome, gave Philip power over the whole peninsula. 

From Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Demodocus is only too glad to accept an invitation to become high priest of a new Temple of Homer in Messenia, on the slopes of another mountain, less, but not so much less, famous, Ithome.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

Deeply offended by the affront received at Ithome, the Athenians now formed an alliance with Argos, the ancient rival and bitter enemy of Sparta.

From Stories from Thucydides by Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)