Thesprotians
- a variation of Thesproti.
Example Sentences
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But he had passage first for me: Thesprotians were sailing, as luck had it, for Doulikhion, the grain-growing island; there, he said, they were to bring me to the king, Akastos.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Moreover, it is a tale of providential escapes; thrice has the so-called Cretan been saved specially, in Ægypt, from the Phœnicians, from the Thesprotians.
From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques
Of the Thesprotians and Molossians after the great inundation, the first king, according to some historians, was Phaethon, one of those who came into Epirus with Pelasgus.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
Near at hand is he, in the land of the Thesprotians, and is bringing many gifts with him.
From The Story of the Odyssey by Homer
But ere that, he sent me off, for it chanced that a ship of the Thesprotians was starting for Dulichium, a land rich in grain.
From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew
