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Peloponnesian

/ ˌpɛləpəˈniːʃən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Peloponnese or its inhabitants

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Discovered in a rather remote seaside region of the Peloponnesian peninsula, rather than an established Greek artistic center, the Pylos Combat Agate might have been made in Crete, a prominent trading partner.

Stop and chat with Paul, in other words, and you may walk away bruised of ego, wrinkled of nose and renewed in your determination to know as little as possible about the Peloponnesian War.

It was based on the ancient historian’s observation that the real cause of the Peloponnesian War “was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta.”

The Greek historian Thucydides described how this cycle of hatred convulsed city after city during the Peloponnesian War.

Students learn about the Peloponnesian wars but are less likely to study the Sino-Japanese war or Mongol conquests.

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