Messene

[ me-see-nee ]

/ mɛˈsi ni /

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for messene

It shows the goddess flying down from heaven to bring victory to the men of Messene and Naupaktos.
Buried Cities, Part 2|Jennie Hall
Unimportant wars with Tegea and Argos; and disputes with Messene, 783—745.
A Manual of Ancient History|A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig) Heeren
Polycaon invaded Messene, then peopled only by villages, called it Messene after the name of his wife, and built cities therein.
The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended|Isaac Newton
Pompeius relieved the cities which had been harshly treated, and behaved kindly to them all except to the Mamertini in Messene.
Plutarch's Lives Volume III.|Plutarch

They built themselves a city, which, from the ancient name, was called Messene.
Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. II of II)|Charles Bucke

British Dictionary definitions for messene

Messene

/ (mɛˈsiːnɪ) /

noun

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

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