Samothrace
noun
a Greek island in the NE Aegean.
Samothracian
-
a word derived from
Samothrace.
Example Sentences
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Creuzer, in speaking of the Italian worship, says that "one fact which emerges more prominently than any other is the concourse of Oriental, Pelasgic, Samothracian, and Hellenic elements in the religion of Rome."
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by James Freeman Clarke
Yea, I've seen Those Samothracian iron rings leap up, And iron filings in the brazen bowls Seethe furiously, when underneath was set The magnet stone.
From On the Nature of Things by William Ellery Leonard
When you are appraising a new film, ask yourself: "Is this motion as rapid, as godlike, as the sweep of the wings of the Samothracian?"
From The Art of the Moving Picture by Vachel Lindsay
Pantheism was taught in the mysteries of Greece; of which the Samothracian or Cabeiric were probably the purest and the most ancient.
From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge
Toward the end of the battle, for instance, a Samothracian trireme performed a remarkable feat.
From A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens
