Thespiae

American  

[thes-pee-ee] / ˈθɛs piˌi /

noun

1. a city at the foot of Mount Helicon where, according to mythology, the Muses performed their games.

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The number slain was not large, but, for all that, the men of Thespiae did not come to a standstill until they found themselves safe inside their walls.

From Hellenica by Henry Graham Dakyns

The only people, north of the isthmus of Corinth, who remained faithful to the cause of Grecian liberty, were the Athenians and Phocians, and the inhabitants of the small Boeotian towns of Plataea and Thespiae.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Sir William Smith

The most celebrated statue of him was at Thespiae, the work of Praxiteles.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

The two armies met on the memorable plain of Leuctra, near Thespiae.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Sir William Smith

One Sphodrias, of Lacedaemon, of the contrary faction to Agesilaus, was governor in Thespiae, a bold and enterprising man, though he had perhaps more of confidence than wisdom.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough

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