Troezen

[ tree-zuhn ]

noun

1. (in ancient geography) a town in E Peloponnesus near the coast of the Saronic Gulf, regarded in mythology as the birthplace of Theseus.

Example Sentences

Hippolytus, too, at the gates of Troezen, was "without form and without colour" only he was dead.

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In this manner he conducted him to the upper-world, through an opening near Troezen in Argolia.

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Thus there was an Amphictyony of seven cities at the holy island of Caluria, close to the harbor of Troezen.

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The population had taken refuge in Salamis, gina, and Troezen.

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At noon we were at the ruins of Troezen, and so almost home.

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