Trinacrian
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Secondly, he must keep down appetite, particularly at the Trinacrian Isle, and not slay the Oxen of the Sun, else the penalty will follow there too.
From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques
His sacrilegious train, who dared to prey On herds devoted to the god of day, Were doom'd by Jove, and Phoebus' just decree, To perish in the rough Trinacrian sea.
From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander
"Sciochezza di Napoli" retorts the dealer at Messina or Palermo, vindicating at once his own honour, which seems aspersed, and that of his Trinacrian associates.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various
Across the open sea they drew their wake For three long days, and when the fourth 'gan break Their eyes beheld the fair Trinacrian shore, And there-along they coasted two days more.
From A Selection from the Poems of William Morris by Morris, William
Never did king of Assyria or Babylon, never did Greek or Trinacrian tyrant possess so lustrous a pearl as Candaules, son of Myrsus and descendant of Heracles, King of Sardes and of Lydia!
From King Candaules by Hearn, Lafcadio
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