Pylos
Greek name of Navarino.
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How to use Pylos in a sentence
These men were sailing in their black ship for traffic and for profit to sandy Pylos and to the men of Pylos.
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | Homer and HesiodBut a mortal man noticed him as he drove the wide-browed kine straight towards Pylos.
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | Homer and HesiodPallas is still with Telemachus, they continue the voyage together till they reach Pylos, the home of Nestor.
Homer's Odyssey | Denton J. SniderPylos is the peace before the fall, Sparta is the peace after the fall, yet with many reminiscences of the latter.
Homer's Odyssey | Denton J. SniderThe story of Penelope and the suitors, with the episode of Telemachus' voyage to Pylos.
The Odyssey | Homer
British Dictionary definitions for Pylos
/ (ˈpaɪlɒs) /
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 name: Navarino Modern Greek name: Pílos See Navarino
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