Acarnanian
- a word derived from Acarnania.
Example Sentences
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There came down with me Blepsias, the Pisatan usurer, Lampis, an Acarnanian freelance, and the Corinthian millionaire Damis.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
He ordered Alexander, an Acarnanian and Menippus, a Macedonian, to lead his forces thence to Stratum, in Aetolia; and he himself, after offering sacrifice to Apollo at Delphi, proceeded to Naupactum.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus
A fierce contention then the Goddess rais'd, For the boar's head and bristly hide, between The Acarnanian and th' AEtolian bands.
From The Iliad by Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of
But as things are, you despise the country and farming, and are fond only of the helmet-plumes and the shield, just as if you were an Acarnanian or a Malian soldier.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert
Acarnanian peasants tell of a handsome prince called Sunless, who would die if he saw the sun.
From Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul by Frazer, James George, Sir
