Euripus

Writing from exile, a homesick Ovid fondly recalled the Euripus flowing between elegant lawns and porticoes.

Underground Rome 1997

For the Euripus is the key to Greece by sea as the pass of Thermopylae is by land.

The History of Rome, Vol. IV 1905

By referring to the map once more, it will be seen that the Euripus was the great highway to Athens by sea, as the pass of

Xerxes Makers of History Jacob Abbott 1841

Thermopylæ, had advanced when they found that the Greeks had left those waters, and, following their enemies to the southward through the channel called the Euripus, had doubled the promontory called Sunium, which is the southern promontory of Attica, and then, moving northward again along the western coast of Attica, had approached Phalerum, which was not far from Salamis.

Xerxes Makers of History Jacob Abbott 1841

"Euripus" was the name, in ancient geography, of the channel between Eubœa

The Social History of Smoking George Latimer Apperson 1897

For this delay at the Euripus is not the same for all of us; there be some, for instance, who, though still unwed, have left their houses desolate and are idling here upon the beach, while others are married and have children; so strange the longing for this expedition that has fallen on their hearts by Heaven's will.

Iphigenia at Aulis 2008

To the sandy beach of sea-coast Aulis I came after a voyage through the tides of Euripus, leaving Chalcis on its narrow firth, my city which feedeth the waters of far-famed Arethusa near the sea, that

Iphigenia at Aulis 2008

Though I have left Pharsalia and Peleus, still I linger here by reason of these light breezes at the Euripus, restraining my Myrmidons, while they are ever instant with me saying, "Why do we tarry, Achilles? how much longer must we count the days to the start for Ilium? do something, if thou art so minded; else lead home thy men, and wait not for the tardy action of these Atridae."

Iphigenia at Aulis 2008

Though I have left Pharsalia and Peleus, still I linger here by reason of these light breezes at the Euripus, restraining my Myrmidons, while they are ever instant with me saying, "Why do we tarry, Achilles? how much longer must we count the days to the start for Ilium? do something, if thou art so minded; else lead home thy men, and wait not for the tardy action of these Atridae."

Iphigenia at Aulis 2008

To the sandy beach of sea-coast Aulis I came after a voyage through the tides of Euripus, leaving Chalcis on its narrow firth, my city which feedeth the waters of far-famed Arethusa near the sea, that

Iphigenia at Aulis 2008