Ithome

[ ih-thoh-mee ]

/ ɪˈθoʊ mi /

Mount, a mountain in SW Greece, in SW Peloponnesus. 2630 feet (802 meters).

in ancient geography, a fortress of Messenia on Mount Ithome.

Example sentences from the Web for ithome

By the “two horns” he meant Ithome and the Acrocorinthus, and by518 the “ox” the Peloponnese.

The Histories of Polybius, Vol. I (of 2) |Polybius
Meanwhile, the Spartans still continued at the siege of Ithome.

Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Metropolis was formed at first out of three small obscure cities, and afterwards more were included, and among these Ithome.

The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3) |Strabo
The people of Tricce, Ithome, and chalia, under the sons of Asclepius.

Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 |W. E. Gladstone

But the present city called Messene, the acropolis of which was Ithome, was not then founded.

The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3) |Strabo