Peloponnesus (Peloponnese) Greek The peninsula that lies south of the Greek mainland, connected to the mainland by the Isthmus of Corinth.
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Peloponnesus (Peloponnese) Greek The peninsula that lies south of the Greek mainland, connected to the mainland by the Isthmus of Corinth. It is named after Pelops, in Greek mythology the son of Tantalus and the founder of the Atreid dynasty. In the ancient world, the chief divisions of the Peloponnesus were Elis, Achaea, Argos, and Corinth in the north; and Laconia and Messenia in the south. Sparta, Corinth, Argos, and Megalopolis were the chief cities.
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- Parnassus Greek A mountain in south-central Greece, a few miles north of the Gulf of Corinth which separates mainland Greece from the Peloponnesus.
- Megara (1) Greek A Greek city-state on the Greek mainland, between Attica and Corinth.
- Laconia Greek A region in the southeast Peloponnesus whose capital was Sparta.
- Minthe (Menthe) Greek A naiad, or river nymph of the Cocytus, a river that flowed to the underworld.
- Mycenae Greek An ancient city of Greece situated in Argos, in the northern Peloponnesus.