Troezen
Americannoun
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Theseus prays to his father, the sea god Poseidon, to destroy Hippolytus, meanwhile banishing his son from Troezen.
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He said he would stay yet a little longer in Troezen, for that the elders of the city would manage things well at home; and so the ship returned without him.
From Old Greek Stories by Baldwin, James
This was done by means of the "Returns", a poem in five books ascribed to Agias or Hegias of Troezen, which begins where the "Sack of Troy" ends.
From Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard)
In the meanwhile the little child at Troezen on the other side of the sea had grown to be a man.
From Old Greek Stories by Baldwin, James
His stepmother Phaedra enters with the Nurse, the Chorus consisting of women of Troezen, the scene of the play.
From Authors of Greece by Lumb, T. W.
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