Ithome
Americannoun
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Mount, a mountain in SW Greece, in SW Peloponnesus. 2,630 feet (802 meters).
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in ancient geography, a fortress of Messenia on Mount Ithome.
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Some time after this, the Lacedaemonians sent a second time to desire succor of the Athenians against the Messenians and Helots, who had seized upon Ithome.
From The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls by White, John S. (John Stuart)
The Spartans reduce Ithome, and finish the first Messenian war.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
Battle of Ithome, and siege of the fortress, to which the Spartans summon the allies.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
While the siege of Ithome was in progress, Sparta, still powerful in her alliances, sent her allied forces into Boeotia to counteract the growing influence of the Athenians in that quarter.
From Mosaics of Grecian History by Willson, Marcius
The war seems to have been confined chiefly to the vicinity of Ithome, which stronghold, situated in the midst of the country, commanded both the plain of Stenyclarus and that of the Pamisus.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
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