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Thesprotia

American  
[thes-proh-shuh] / θɛsˈproʊ ʃə /
Also Thesprotis

noun

  1. an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.


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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

This describes how, after the burial of the suitors, Ulysses renews his adventures, and visits Thesprotia, where he marries and leaves a son.

From The Book of the Epic by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)

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

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)

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