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Messene

American  
[me-see-nee] / mɛˈsi ni /

noun

  1. an ancient city in the SW Peloponnesus; capital of ancient Messenia.


Messene British  
/ mɛˈsiːnɪ /

noun

  1. an ancient Greek city in the SW Peloponnese: founded in 369 bc as the capital of Messenia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The most impactful of these measures was the foundation of Messene, an impregnable city for the Helots right on Sparta’s doorstep.

From Slate Jan. 16, 2024

The next year they invaded the Peloponnese and liberated Messene from Spartan rule, depriving the Spartans of most of their helot labor there.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

In the seventh century BCE, Sparta conquered the land of Messene to its west and divided its farmland equally among the Spartiates.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

Was it not Melanthus, an exile from Messene?

From Plutarch's Morals by Shilleto, Arthur Richard

Reluctantly, we now turned our backs upon Messene, with its renowned fortress of Ithome, the sacred Olympia, and the beautiful temple of Phigalia, and began our homeward journey.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 by Various

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