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chersonese

noun as in cape

noun as in peninsula

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In 309, he founded Lysimachia in a commanding situation on the neck connecting the Chersonese with the mainland.

Hector receives sacrifice at Troy: Protesilaus just across the water on Chersonese.

Philip sent a protest to Athens; in a lively debate on the Chersonese early in 341 Demosthenes delivered a great speech.

Miltiades was of noble birth, and succeeded his uncle as ruler of the Chersonese country, in Thrace.

In 357, on the arrival of Chares with considerable forces, the Chersonese was restored to Athens.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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