Leucas
Americannoun
noun
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Hence it was that so many places sacred to Apollo were styled Leuce, Leuca, Λυκια, Leucas, Leucate.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob
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
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)
We arrived at Leucas on the 6th of November, on the 7th at Actium.
From Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero by Shuckburgh, Evelyn Shirley
The island of Leucas, close to the promontory of Actium, is always named by Lucan when he refers to this battle.
From Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan
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