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Asine

American  
[a-see-ney] / æˈsi neɪ /

noun

  1. an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.


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Those who possessed Argos, and well-fortified Tiryns, Hermione, and which encircle the Asine deep bay, Trœzene, and Eionæ, and vine-planted Epidaurus, and those who possessed Ægina, and Mases, Achæan youths.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

His son Nicander made an alliance with the Dryopians of Asine against Argos.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

The Dryopes build a new Asine, the Androclidæ receive Hyamia from Sparta.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

He ravages the territory of Argos, in alliance with Asine, ib.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

But, while the dolphins have been occupying our attention, we have cleared Cape Matapan, and the deep Gulf of Asine and Gythium—in fact, the Gulf of Sparta is open to our view.

From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.

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