Peloponnesian Definition

adjective

Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern peninsula of Greece.

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noun

A native or inhabitant of the Peloponnesus.

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Singular:
peloponnesian
Plural:
peloponnesians

Origin of Peloponnesian

  • Latin Peloponnesius, from Peloponnesus, Ancient Greek literally the island of Pelops.

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Peloponnesian Sentence Examples

  • Nothing is heard of them after the Peloponnesian war.

  • Owing probably to political difficulties and to the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, the building was never completed according to the original plans; but the portion that was built was among the chief glories of Athens, and afforded a model to many subsequent imitators.

  • In the first winter of the Peloponnesian War (431 B.C.) Athens expelled the Aeginetans, and established a cleruchy in their island.

  • In 455 B.C., during the first Peloponnesian War, it was burned by the Athenian admiral Tolmides.

  • The change in Athenian foreign policy, which was consequent upon the ostracism of Cimon in 461, led to what is sometimes called the First Peloponnesian War, in which the brunt of the fighting fell upon Corinth and Aegina.

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