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Tegea

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[tee-jee-uh] / ˈti dʒi ə /

noun

  1. an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.


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Tripolitza, to the northwest of Tegea, represents the ancient Pallantium, the birthplace of Evander.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 by Various

Thirdly, in Tegea the temple of Apollo Agyieus, in connexion with Crete, Pausan.

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

On such a hunting-journey, three morns since, With beaters, hounds, and huntsmen, he and I Set forth from Tegea, the royal town.

From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew

Perimeda, queen of Tegea, generally called Χοίρα, compelled the captured Lacedæmonians to cut a channel for the river Lachas across the plain.”1898.B.

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

Gaisford.820.At that time also Tegea assisted Argos against Mycenæ; above, ch.

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

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