Ithome

American  

[ih-thoh-mee] / ɪˈθoʊ mi /

noun

1. Mount, a mountain in SW Greece, in SW Peloponnesus. 2,630 feet (802 meters).

2. in ancient geography, a fortress of Messenia on Mount Ithome.

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Example Sentences

Most of the conquered Messenians then intrenched themselves on the steep summit of Ithome, which was even then sacred to Zeus Ithomatas; and they probably restored the ancient walls and defences which had fallen down.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

The Spartans reduce Ithome, and finish the first Messenian war.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

Some time after this, the Lacedaemonians sent a second time to desire succors of the Athenians against the Messenians and Helots, who had seized upon Ithome.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

Demodocus is only too glad to accept an invitation to become high priest of a new Temple of Homer in Messenia, on the slopes of another mountain, less, but not so much less, famous, Ithome.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

The Lacedaemonians, meanwhile, finding the war against the rebels in Ithome likely to last, invoked the aid of their allies, and especially of the Athenians, who came in some force under the command of Cimon.

From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Crawley, Richard