Pylos

[ pee-laws; English pahy-los, -lohs ]

/ ˈpi lɔs; English ˈpaɪ lɒs, -loʊs /

noun

Greek name of Navarino.

Example sentences from the Web for pylos

He covered their hoofs with tamarisk twigs, and, still further to deceive the pursuer, drove them backward into a cave at Pylos.

The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911) |Charles Mills Gayley
But a mortal man noticed him as he drove the wide-browed kine straight towards Pylos.

Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica |Homer and Hesiod
When you sailed away to Pylos, I never thought to see you again.

The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) |Various
The temper of the general was what it had been at Pylos, his success on that occasion having given him confidence in his capacity.

The History of the Peloponnesian War |Thucydides

To think of your having gone off to Pylos without saying anything about it or obtaining my consent.

The Odyssey |Homer

British Dictionary definitions for pylos

Pylos

/ (ˈpaɪlɒs) /

noun

a port in SW Greece, in the SW Peloponnese; scene of a defeat of the Spartans by the Athenians (425 bc) during the Peloponnesian War and of the Battle of Navarino Italian name: Navarino Modern Greek name: Pílos See Navarino

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