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1Peloponnesus — Peloponnesian /pel euh peuh nee zheuhn, sheuhn/, adj., n. /pel euh peuh nee seuhs/, n. a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 986,912; 8356 sq. mi.… …
2Peloponnesus — Pel•o•pon•ne•sus [[t]ˌpɛl ə pəˈni səs[/t]] also Pel•o•pon•ne•sos [[t] sɒs, soʊs, səs[/t]] n. geg a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 986,912; 8356… …
3Peloponnesus — /pɛləpəˈnisəs/ (say peluhpuh neesuhs) noun the southern peninsula of Greece; the seat of the early Mycenaean civilisation and of the powerful city states of Sparta, Argos, etc. 21 642 km2. Greek, Pelopónnisos /pɛləˈpoʊnisɒs (say peluh pohneesos) …
4Corinth — City situated on an isthmus: Corinth was well placed to benefit from commerce between mainland Greece and the Peloponnesus, and boats were hauled across a track from the Adriatic to the Aegean Sea to avoid the danger of storms. (A canal started… …
5Pelasgians — The name Pelasgians (from Ancient Greek gr. Πελασγοί, Pelasgoí , singular Πελασγός, Pelasgós [ [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2380420 Pelasgos, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek… …
6Classical Greece — The Parthenon, in Athens, a temple to Athena. History of Greece …
7Aratus of Sicyon — Aratus (271 BC 213 BC) was a statesman of the ancient Greek city state of Sicyon in the 3rd century BC. He deposed the Sicyon tyrant Nicocles in 251 BC. Aratus was an advocate of Greek unity and brought Sicyon into the Achaean League, which he… …
8Greece — • History of the country and church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Greece Greece † …
9Dorians — This article is about the population of ancient Greece. For other uses, see Dorian (disambiguation). History of Greece This article is part of …
10Corinth — /kawr inth, kor /, n. 1. an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities. 2. a port in the NE Peloponnesus, in S Greece: NE of the site of ancient Corinth. 3. Gulf of. Also …
