Messenia
[muh-see-nee-uh, -seen-yuh]
- a division of ancient Greece, in the SW Peloponnesus: an important center of Mycenaean culture.
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Traveling alone, each member of the Crypteia would inevitably cross the Taygetos [mountain] range and slip into Messenia.
Historical Examples
Messenia was at this time ruled by Melanthus, a descendant of Neleus.
Poetical Works of Matthew ArnoldMatthew Arnold
Melanthus and his race were thus foreigners in Messenia and were unpopular.
Poetical Works of Matthew ArnoldMatthew 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 LyricsRichard Folkard
Messenia
- the southwestern area of the Peloponnese in S Greece
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