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	Peloponnesus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The chief ancient divisions of the Peloponnesus were Elis, Achaea, Argolis, and the city-state of Corinth in the north; Arcadia in the center; and Lacedaemonia (comprising Messenia and Laconia) in the south.
		B.C. by the Roman conquest of the Peloponnesus.
		Under Roman and Byzantine rule the Peloponnesus was reduced to provincial status and in the centuries that followed was repeatedly raided and invaded by Slavs, Bulgars, and Pechenegs.
	www.bartleby.com /65/pe/Peloponn.html (634 words)

	Geographia: Peloponnesus
		Argolis was the northeast region of the Peloponnesus.
		Elis was a northwestern region of the Peloponnesus.
		Laconia was the southernmost region of the Peloponnesus.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/peloponnesus.html (3547 words)

	HERACLIDAE - LoveToKnow Article on HERACLIDAE
		Argos fell to Temenus, Lacedaemon to Procles and Eurysthenes, the twin sons of Aristodemus; and Messene to Cresphontes.
		This conquest of Peloponnesus by the Dorians, commonly called the Return of the Heraclidae, is represented as the recovery by the descendants of Heracles of the rightful inheritance of their hero ancestor and his sons.
		The Dorians followed the custom of other Greek tribes in claiming as ancestor for their ruling families one of the legendary heroes, but the traditions must not on that account be regarded as entirely mythical.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HE/HERACLIDAE.htm (747 words)

	Arcadia, Greek Mythology Link.
		Arcadia is the region in central Peloponnesus south of Achaea, north of Messenia and Laconia, east of Argolis and west of Elis.
		During his time, the HERACLIDES made an attempt to return to the Peloponnesus under the leadership of Hyllus 1, but were defeated in a battle at the Isthmus of Corinth.
		It is during his reign that the HERACLIDES effected their return invading the Peloponnesus, not as it had before been attempted, that is, across the Corinthian Isthmus, but by sea.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Arcadia.html (1836 words)

	HERACLIDES, Greek Mythology Link.
		The HERACLIDES claimed power in the Peloponnesus because they were descended, through Heracles 1, from Perseus 1, founder of Mycenae, while Tisamenus 2, who at the time ruled the Peloponnessus, was a Pelopid (descendant of Pelops 1) [see also Pelopides].
		The HERACLIDES claimed power in the Peloponnesus because they were descended, through Heracles 1, from Perseus 1, the founder of Mycenae, while Tisamenus 2 was a Pelopid, a descendant of Pelops 1 [see also Pelopides].
		Son of Heracles 1 and Astydamia 2, daughter either of Amyntor 1, son of Ormenus 3, son of Cercaphus 2, son of Aeolus 1, or of Ormenius 1, king of Pelasgiotis or Pelasgia (Peloponnesus) [Apd.2.7.8; Dio.4.37.4].
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/HERACLIDES.html (2225 words)

	Peloponnesus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Peloponnesus (also Peloponnese) is the peninsula which constitutes the southern part of the Greek mainland.
		The Peloponnesus was part of the heartland of the Byzantine Empire.
		The Peloponnesus fell to the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century.
	www.worldhistoryplus.com /p/peloponnesus.html (113 words)

	A Smaller History of Greece - Chapter IV
		Chapter IV Early History of Peloponnesus and Sparta, Down to the End of the Messenian Wars, B.C. n the heroic age Peloponnesus was occupied by tribes of Dorian conquerors.
		They had no share in the glories of the Heroic age; their name does not occur in the Iliad, and they are only once mentioned in the Odyssey; but they were destined to form in historical times one of the most important elements of the Greek nation.
		Issuing from their mountain district between Thessaly, Locris and Phocis, they overran the greater part of Peloponnesus, destroyed the ancient Achaean monarchies and expelled or reduced to subjection the original inhabitants of the land, of which they became the undisputed masters.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/european/ASmallerHistoryofGreece/chap4.html (3976 words)

	William Smith : A Smaller History of [Ancient] Greece - Peloponnesus, Sparta, Messenian Wars
		Early History of Peloponnesus and Sparta to the end of the Messenian Wars, B.C. N THE HEROIC age Peloponnesus was occupied by tribes of Dorian conquerors.
		Tisamenus, the son of Orestes, was defeated and retired with a portion of his Achaean subjects to the northern coast of Peloponnesus, then occupied by the Ionians.
		Argos was originally the chief Dorian state in Peloponnesus, but at the time of the first Olympiad its power had been supplanted by that of Sparta.
	www.ellopos.net /elpenor/greek-texts/ancient-greece/history-of-ancient-greece-4-668.asp (4005 words)

	Ancient coins of Peloponnesus
		The history of the coinage of the Peloponnesus, regarded as a whole, may be summed up in a few words.
		From the age of Pheidon of Argos down to the Persian wars the only coins generally current in Peloponnesus were on the north coast the Corinthian Pegasos staters, elsewhere the staters of Aegina.
		Phlius, in N.E. Peloponnesus, was situated at a point commanding three narrow valleys through which flowed the tributary head-streams of the R. Asopus.
	www.snible.org /coins/hn/peloponnesus.html (9395 words)

	Peloponnesus
		Peloponnesus -- the ancient and modern Greek official name for the part of Greece south of the Isthmus of Corinth.
		In medieval times it was called the Morea[?] from its resemblance to a mulberry-leaf in shape, and this name is still current in popular speech.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pe/Peloponnese.html (65 words)

	Monemvasia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Those Greeks who were able to flee from the blood-stained hands of the Avars scattered themselves in various places: the inhabitants of the city of Patras resettled in the area of Rhegium Calabria, the Argives on that island called Orobe, and the Corinthians came to dwell on the island named Aegina.
		Others discovered an inaccessible region [in the Peloponnesus] on the coast, and founded a strong city there--naming it Monemvasia because there was only one entrance to it--and they settled there with their own bishop.
		Only the eastern portion of the Peloponnesus, from Corinth to Malea, remained free from the Slavic nation on account of the rugged and inaccessible terrain in these areas.
	www.clas.ufl.edu /users/fcurta/Monemvasia.html (392 words)

	Oft-invaded Greek peninsula an ancient cradle of civilization \| ajc.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		PELOPONNESUS, Greece — Most tourists visiting Greece make it a practice to hit the Acropolis and head to the islands.
		Vestiges of the waves of invaders that Greece suffered — Byzantines, Venetians, Turks — remain in the citadels and buildings.
		Even so, these monuments of the will to power, like the other ancient remnants so plentiful in the Peloponnesus, breathe life into the history of Western civilization.
	www.ajc.com /travel/content/travel/content/0804/15peloponnese.html (624 words)

	Greece The Peloponnesian Peninsula - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
		The Peloponnesian Peninsula, also called simply the Peloponnesus, is a mountainous landmass connected to Attica, easternmost province of Central Greece, by an isthmus only six kilometers wide at its narrowest point.
		The isthmus is cut by the Corinth Canal, which allows marine traffic to move between the Aegean and the Ionian seas north of the Peloponnesus via the gulfs of Corinth and Patras.
		All the population centers of the Peloponnesus, except for Tripolis in the mountains, are on the periphery of the peninsula.
	www.photius.com /countries/greece/geography/greece_geography_the_peloponnesian_pe~162.html (310 words)

	Hellenica - Chapter V
		Consequently the Mantineans, along with those of the Arcadians who had the interests of Peloponnesus at heart, as also the Eleians and the Achaeans, came to the conclusion that the policy of the Thebans was plain.
		They wished Peloponnesus to be reduced to such an extremity of weakness that it might fall an easy prey into their hands who were minded to enslave it.
		Epaminondas, however, reflected that inside Peloponnesus itself they might count upon the Argives and the Messenians, with that section of the Arcadians which shared their views.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/historical/Hellenica/chap39.html (2447 words)

	Constantine, XI Biography / Biography of Constantine, XI Biography Biography
		emperor · brother · proceeded · constantinople · florence · latin · byzantine emperor · peloponnesus · eldest brother · fourth crusade · imperial throne · despot · achaea ·; constantine xi ·; brother thomas · peloponnesian · morea ·; patras
		A gallant prince, he completed the conquest of the Peloponnesus from the Latins and heroically commanded the futile defense of Constantinople against the Turks.
		The fourth son of Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus (reigned 1391-1425), Constantine was born on Feb. 8, 1405.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-constantine-xi (509 words)

	Thucydides-Passages
		The allies of the Lacedaemonians without Peloponnesus shall be in the same position as the other allies of the Lacedaemonians and the allies of the Argives, and they shall retain their present territory.
		The other cities of Peloponnesus shall participate in the peace and alliance, and shall be independent and their own masters, retaining their own territory and submitting to arbitration on fair and equal terms, according to their ancestral customs.
		All the allies of the Lacedaemonians outside Peloponnesus shall share in the same terms as the Lacedaemonians, and the allies of the Argives shall be in the same position as the Argives, and shall retain their present territory.
	classicpersuasion.org /pw/thucydides/thucydides-passages.php?pleaseget=5.76-80 (1059 words)

	Search Results for "Arcadia"
		Arcadia, region of ancient Greece, (arka´de) (KEY), region of ancient Greece, in the middle of the Peloponnesus, without a seaboard, and surrounded and dissected...
		...Elis, (e´lis) (KEY), region of ancient Greece, in W Peloponnesus, W of Arcadia.
		In Roman religion, he was said to have introduced the worship...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Arcadia (287 words)

	Greece The Ionian Islands - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		The Ionian Islands extend from the coast of southern Albania to the northwest coast of the Peloponnesus.
		The largest island, Cephalonia (746 square kilometers), is due west of the Gulf of Patras, which separates the western Peloponnesus from the mainland.
		Zacynthus, which was named after an ancient chief of Arcadia in the central Peloponnesus, was colonized by people from the Peloponnesus in the fifth century and fourth century B.C. The island was used as a base by the Athenians, then the Romans.
	www.photius.com /countries/greece/geography/greece_geography_the_ionian_islands.html (611 words)

	Peloponnesus * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		Peloponnesus * People, Places, and Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		The Peloponnesian Peninsula is appropriately equal to one third of the land-mass of Greece with an area of 8,356 square miles (21,642 square kilometers) and is the most southwestern part of the country.
		Greece can be divided into several geographical areas which might include: the Mainland, the Peloponnesian Peninsula, the Islands and the Colonies; the Peloponnesian Peninsula was the seat of the early Mykenaean (Mycenaean) civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos and Sparta; Peloponnesus literally means, the land of Pelops, named after the legendary king, Pelops.
	www.messagenet.com /myths/ppt/Peloponnesus_1.html (280 words)

	Peloponnesus -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Second Achaean League, unable to shake off the Macedonian yoke, was ended in 146 BC by the Roman conquest of the Peloponnesus.
		As a result of the Greek War of Independence (1821-29) the peninsula passed to independent Greece.
		Tourlite designs Peloponnesus plan; southern region is a prime choice for fly-drives.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Peloponn_History.asp (679 words)

	Cleveland Museum of Art - Statuette of an Athlete (Greece, Peloponnesus, late archaic - early classical period)
		This bronze statuette brilliantly and uniquely represents a fleeting transitional moment in the history of Greek sculpture.
		Today's enthusiasm for and celebration of both sports and athletes come directly from the ancient Greek idea of the victorious athlete as the embodiment of arete (excellence).
		The heavy, sharply defined musculature suggests a master sculptor from the Peloponnesus-the peninsula forming the southern part of Greece.
	www.clemusart.com /explore/work.asp?accno=2000.6 (205 words)

	Here
		The Peloponnesus has some of the finest classical ruins in the world.
		But history did not end on the Peloponnesus with the fall of Greece.
		Near the west coast of the Peloponnesus, the ruins at Olympia, (30-624)
	flyingbrick.freeyellow.com /pelop_article.htm (2364 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Peloponnesus
		Eradication of the decay and restoration of Ottoman power stimulated the last Köprülü grand vizier, Kara Mustafa Pasha, to make a new attempt to...
		Corinth, Gulf of, arm of the Ionian Sea, between the Pelopónnisos (Peloponnesus) Region and the Central Greece and Euboea Region of Greece.
		The term was broadly used by Homer to designate all the...
	encarta.msn.com /Peloponnesus.html (106 words)

	Heraclids
		After his death, his children were driven from the Peloponnesus and fled to Attica.
		The great-grandsons of Heracles' eldest son Hyllus succeeded in conquering the Peloponnesus and divided it amongst each other.
		This event, also known as the 'return of the Heraclids', points to the migration of the Dorians, and served to give the power of the Dorians over the Peloponnesus a 'historical' basis.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/h/heraclids.html (109 words)

	Articles - Aristodemus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He was a great-great-grandson of Heracles and helped lead the fifth and final attack on Mycenae in the Peloponnesus.
		Aristodemus and his brothers complained to the Oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them (the Oracle had told Hyllas to attack through the narrow passage when the third fruit was ripe).
		The Heraclidae repaired their ships, sailed from Naupactus to Antirrhium, and thence to Rhium in Peloponnesus.
	www.lastring.com /articles/Aristodemus (541 words)

	SlowMotionDoomsday.Com - The Gates Of Hades
		At an Internet mailing list to which John and I had been subscribed, he had been informing me and the rest of the group about strange phenomena which were occurring in the southern Peloponnesus, including the notorious "Gates of Hades", the primary motivation for my visit.
		On the left is a picture of John; on the right, his family castle in the Peloponnesus.
		Monday afternoon we departed for the Peloponnesus and arrived in Sparta at sunset.
	www.slowmotiondoomsday.com /hades.html (4942 words)

	Peloponnesus
		The Peloponnesus, a hand-like appendage hanging from the bottom of Greece, is held on by an isthmus only 4 miles wide.
		On the way from Athens to the Peloponnesus, lies the Bay of Salamis.
		A 75-foot wide canal, completed in 1893, crosses the narrow link between the Peloponnesus and the mainland of Greece.Â This channel, up to 250 feet deep, allows ships to cross rather than making the 200-mile journey to the other side.
	www.oc.edu /president/greece_turkey_tour/Peloponnesus.aspx (187 words)

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