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  • noun Plural form of Molossian.
  • proper noun an ethnos of ancient Epirus, variously considered Greeks, semi-Greeks, or barbarians by contemporary ancient Greeks. The Molossians' core territory was Molossia.

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Examples

  • Diodorus (xv. 13, 36) speaks of him as “king” of the Molossians.

    Hellenica 2007

  • Owing to an accident he was compelled to stop at the house of Admetus, king of the Molossians, who was not his friend.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Chaonians came also some Thesprotians, like them without a king, some Molossians and Atintanians led by Sabylinthus, the guardian of

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

  • Admetus, King of the Molossians, a man who was his personal enemy.

    The Tragedy of Coriolanus 2004

  • Now Hercules, passing by the Molossians, was entertained in his way by Aidoneus the king, who, in conversation, accidentally spoke of the journey of Theseus and Pirithous into his country, of what they had designed to do, and what they were forced to suffer.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • Argos, during the feast of Juno, which happened at the time, he presided at the games, and, joining in the festivities with the multitude of the Greeks assembled there, he celebrated his marriage with Deidamia, daughter of Aeacides, king of the Molossians, and sister of Pyrrhus.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • Eubœa: from Thessalia came Diactorides of Crannon, one of the family of the Scopadai: and from the Molossians, Alcon.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Areus, by frequent ambushes, and seizing positions where the ways were most unpracticable, harassed the Gauls and Molossians that brought up the rear.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • Molossians and Pelasgians of Arcadia and Dorians of Epidauros and many other races have been mingled with them; and those of them who set forth to their settlements from the City Hall of Athens and who esteem themselves the most noble by descent of the Ionians, these,

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • For he fled for refuge to Admetus, king of the Molossians, who had formerly made some request to the

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

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