Tegea

American  

[tee-jee-uh] / ˈti dʒi ə /

noun

1. an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.

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Example Sentences

The whole of his great project was not realized, and Megalopolis, instead of becoming 'the great city' of Arcadia, was only a mate to Tegea and Mantinea.

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

He therefore marched from Tegea toward the enemy, who did not expect to be attacked, and was unprepared.

From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John

There was also shown at Tegea a gilt Apollo by Cheirisophus a Cretan, see Thiersch, Ueber die Kunstepochen, vol.

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

Among them are three other women singers of high renown, Anyte of Tegea, Nossis of Locri in southern Italy, and Moero of Byzantium.

From Love, Worship and Death Some Renderings from the Greek Anthology by Rodd, Rennell

Parnes: the mountain is called Parthenion above Tegea, by Herodotus.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward