Leucas
Americannoun
noun
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A general assembly was summoned to meet at Leucas; but neither did all the states of Acarnania come thither, nor were those who did attend agreed in opinion.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus
The instance of Leucas, the last of the Ionian Isles to be gathered into the fold, will suffice as an illustration.
From Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 by Abbott, G. F. (George Frederick)
The cliff of Leucas knew no distinction of sex, and Sappho can be set against Anaxarete.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George
Megara prepared to accompany them with eight ships, Pale in Cephallonia with four; Epidaurus furnished five, Hermione one, Troezen two, Leucas ten, and Ambracia eight.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Crawley, Richard
Meanwhile the Lacedaemonian, Gylippus, and the ships from Corinth were now off Leucas, intent upon going with all haste to the relief of Sicily.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Crawley, Richard
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