Messenia

[muh-see-nee-uh, -seen-yuh]

noun

a division of ancient Greece, in the SW Peloponnesus: an important center of Mycenaean culture.

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Contemporary Examples of messenia

Traveling alone, each member of the Crypteia would inevitably cross the Taygetos [mountain] range and slip into Messenia.
Persian Fire and Rubicon (Full)
David Frum
September 23, 2012

Historical Examples of messenia

Messenia was at this time ruled by Melanthus, a descendant of Neleus.
Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold
Melanthus and his race were thus foreigners in Messenia and were unpopular.
Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold
And with this tragedy ends all we need to tell about the first champion of Messenia.
Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15)
Charles Morris
But Messenia was doomed by the gods, and no man could avert its fate.
Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15)
Charles Morris
But in Messenia grew the wild Fig, which was also called tragos.
Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics
Richard Folkard

British Dictionary definitions for messenia

Messenia

noun

the southwestern area of the Peloponnese in S Greece

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