Thesprotia
Americannoun
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On the tenth night, a big surf cast me up in Thesprotia.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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
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
And even Ulysses, after his return to Ithaca, sets sail again to Thesprotia, and finally falls by the hand of his own son.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
Despoina, queen of Thesprotia, and once Penelope's attendant has been made prisoner and is to be put to death, but Telemachos, Odysseus' son fascinated by her beauty, intercedes for her.
From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Annesley, Charles, pseud.
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