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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

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

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 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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