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Megaris

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[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

Hercules killed the great lion there; Mount Aigiplanktos was in Megaris; Strait Saronic: Saronicus Sinus was a bay of the Ægean Sea; Mount Arachnaios, in Argolis. p.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

A galley of the proconsul's fleet conveyed them toward Christendom and set the twoscore slaves of yesterday ashore not far from Megaris.

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