Samothrace
noun
a Greek island in the NE Aegean.
Samothracian
-
a word derived from
Samothrace.
Example Sentences
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As a chthonian power, she is worshipped at the Samothracian mysteries, and is closely connected with Demeter.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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
The Samothracian mysteries continued in celebrity till some time after the commencement of the Christian era.
From Literary Remains, Volume 1 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
By the word 'Samothracian,' Beethoven alludes to the Samothracian Mysteries, partly grounded on music.
From Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 2 by Ludwig Nohl
Yet it is not altogether improbable that in the Samothracian or Cabeiric mysteries the link between the Asiatic and Greek popular schemes of mythology lay concealed.
From Literary Remains, Volume 1 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
