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Megaris

American  
[meg-er-is] / ˈmɛg ər ɪs /

noun

  1. a district in ancient Greece, between the Gulf of Corinth and Saronic Gulf.


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By 33 to 24, the prelates chose soft-voiced Metropolitan Iakovos,* 68, of Attica and Megaris.

From Time Magazine Archive

How a Minstrel Came Demetrios came to Megaris where Perion lay fettered in the Castle of San' Alessandro, then a new building.

From Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship by Cabell, James Branch

BOEOTIA, a district of central Greece, stretching from Phocis and Locris in the W. and N. to Attica and Megaris in the S. between the strait of Euboea and the Corinthian Gulf.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

They got arms at the Hôtel d'Ebelin, and they rode out of the city of Megaris, where the bonfires lighted over-night in Perion's honour were still smouldering, amid loud execrations.

From Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship by Cabell, James Branch

The Spartans were soon called from Attica to protect their homes, and Pericles himself, at the lead of a large force, spread desolation over the little territory of Megaris.

From Mosaics of Grecian History by Willson, Marcius