Icarian Sea

American  

noun

1. the part of the Aegean Sea between Turkey and the Greek islands of Patmos and Leros.

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Icarian Sea British  

noun

1. the part of the Aegean Sea between the islands of Patmos and Leros and the coast of Asia Minor, where, according to legend, Icarus fell into the sea

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Example Sentences

Son of Dædalus; fell into the Icarian Sea, 253-255.

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Away they sailed towards the Icarian Sea.

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Samos is an island of no great size in the Icarian sea, and lies over against Miletus to the west, with but a small space of sea between them.

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This from him was named the Icarian Sea.

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See Hercules.Heraclidæ, banishment of 28 regain possessions 55Heraclides, treachery of 214Hercules, birthplace of 28 festival instituted by 78games in honor of 38Hermes, destruction of statues of 166Heroic Age 25, 57Hipparchus 98, 99Hippias, Athenian ruler 98 capture of 102Darius' generals guided by 111killed 113seeks aid from Darius 105Hippocrates drives out plague 156Homer, birthplace of 60 blindness of 57poems of, collected 97rank of, as poet 58, 60Hot Gateway 20, 125Hymettus, honey of 17Hyphasis River 251 Icarian Sea, how named 24Icarus flies too high 24Ilium.

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