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Asine

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[a-see-ney] / æˈsi neɪ /

noun

  1. an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.


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Strabo adds the destruction of Asine; but this took place at a much earlier period.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

Likewise, according to Eckhel, there are genuine coins, belonging to this and the Roman period, of Asine, Asopus, BϾ, Gytheium, and Las; those of Taletum and Cythera are doubtful.58.Pausan.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

Those who possessed Argos, and well-fortified Tiryns, Hermione, and which encircle the Asine deep bay, Trœzene, and Eionæ, and vine-planted Epidaurus, and those who possessed Ægina, and Mases, Achæan youths.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

Amen dicas, Asine, Iam satur de gramine,305 Amen, Amen, itera, Aspernare vetera.

From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.

The Dryopes build a new Asine, the Androclidæ receive Hyamia from Sparta.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried