Messene
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noun
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The most impactful of these measures was the foundation of Messene, an impregnable city for the Helots right on Sparta’s doorstep.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2024
In the seventh century BCE, Sparta conquered the land of Messene to its west and divided its farmland equally among the Spartiates.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The next year they invaded the Peloponnese and liberated Messene from Spartan rule, depriving the Spartans of most of their helot labor there.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
DAMOPHON, a Greek sculptor of Messene, who executed many statues for the people of Messene, Megalopolis, Aegium and other cities of Peloponnesus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
Euhemerus is generally supposed to have been an inhabitant of Messene, a city of Peloponnesus.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
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