Corcyra
noun
ancient name of Corfu.
Corcyraean
-
a word derived from
Corcyra.
Example Sentences
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The Corcyraean revolution began with the return of the prisoners taken in the sea-fights off Epidamnus.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Richard Crawley
Meanwhile the leaders of the Corcyraean commons, afraid that the Athenians might spare the lives of the prisoners, had recourse to the following stratagem.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Richard Crawley
Meanwhile the Athenians in the hundred ships round Peloponnese, reinforced by a Corcyraean squadron of fifty vessels and some others of the allies in those parts, cruised about the coasts and ravaged the country.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Richard Crawley
They marched by land to Apollonia, a Corinthian colony, the route by sea being avoided from fear of Corcyraean interruption.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Richard Crawley
But there were two arguments put forward by the Corcyraean orator, which outweighed all other considerations of policy or friendship.
From Stories from Thucydides by H. L. (Herbert Lord) Havell
