Peloponnesus
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(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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- Laconia Greek A region in the southeast Peloponnesus whose capital was Sparta.
- Mycenae Greek An ancient city of Greece situated in Argos, in the northern Peloponnesus.
- Nestor Greek King of Pylos (on the west coast of Messenia, in the Peloponnesus) and, at 60 years old, the oldest and most experienced of the chieftains who fought in the Trojan War.
- Oenomaus Greek King of Pisa in Elis, in northeast Peloponnesus; father of Hippodameia.
- Parnassus Greek A mountain in south-central Greece, a few miles north of the Gulf of Corinth which separates mainland Greece from the Peloponnesus.