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Troezen

Troezen · f

a very ancient city of Argolis

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Where it lives

Troades 1 · 1.47/10k
Thebais 1 · 0.16/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

Troezēn — Lewis & Short

Troezēn, ēnis, f., = *troizh/n,

I a very ancient city of Argolis, where Pittheus, the maternal grandfather of Theseus, reigned, near the mod. village of Damala, Mel. 2, 3, 8; Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 18; Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48; Ov. M. 6, 418: prope Troezena, id. ib. 15, 296; 15, 506; id. P. 4, 16, 15; Stat. Th. 4, 81.— Hence, Troezēnĭus, a, um, adj., of or beionging to Trœzen: ager, Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 56: litus, Mel. 2, 7, 10: vinum, Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 116: carbunculi, id. 37, 7, 25, § 97: heros, i. e. Lelex, son of Pittheus, Ov. M. 8, 566.—In plur. subst.: Troezēnĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Trœzen, Mel. 2, 3, 8.

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