Peloponnesian
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The tale of Athenian overreach is better known today than its Spartan counterpart, largely because Thucydides, one of antiquity’s finest historians, captured it in his account of the Peloponnesian War, which began in 431 B.C.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Discovered in a rather remote seaside region of the Peloponnesian peninsula, rather than an established Greek artistic center, the Pylos Combat Agate might have been made in Crete, a prominent trading partner.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025
Among other things, Spartan isolationism born of paranoia gave Athens free rein to throw its own weight around, leading to the Peloponnesian War.
From Slate • Jan. 16, 2024
It was based on the ancient historian’s observation that the real cause of the Peloponnesian War “was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2023
In that tiny Peloponnesian village the old superstitions survived.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
