Thesprotia
Americannoun
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On the tenth night, a big surf cast me up in Thesprotia.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
The principal was a river of Thesprotia in Epirus, which passes through Lake Acherusia and flows into the Ionian Sea.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
In Thesprotia was a province of the Athamanes; who were denominated from their Deity Ath-Man, or Ath-Manes.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Bryant, Jacob
In the north-west, Greek included many rude dialects little known even to the ancient Greeks themselves, and it extended northwards beyond Aetolia and Ambracia to southern Epirus and Thesprotia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
In Thesprotia: Cassope, the chief town of the most powerful of the Thesprotian clans; and Ephyra, afterwards Cichyrus, identified by W.M.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
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