Pylos

[ pee-laws; English pahy-los, -lohs ]

noun

1. Greek name of Navarino.

Pylos

/ ˈpaɪlɒs /

noun

1. See Navarino
   a port in SW Greece, in the SW Peloponnese; scene of a defeat of the Spartans by the Athenians (425 bc ) during the Peloponnesian War and of the Battle of Navarino Italian nameNavarino Modern Greek namePílos See Navarino

Example Sentences

These men were sailing in their black ship for traffic and for profit to sandy Pylos and to the men of Pylos.

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But a mortal man noticed him as he drove the wide-browed kine straight towards Pylos.

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Pallas is still with Telemachus, they continue the voyage together till they reach Pylos, the home of Nestor.

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Pylos is the peace before the fall, Sparta is the peace after the fall, yet with many reminiscences of the latter.

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The story of Penelope and the suitors, with the episode of Telemachus' voyage to Pylos.

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