Taenarum

But as it was, they escaped, as I have said, and put in at Taenarum, which is now called Caenopolis. [

History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War Procopius

Everything eventually sailed from Tarentum, Tarentum being the nearer port for voyages heading for Athens around Cape Taenarum or for Patrae on the Gulf of Corinth.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

It was still a little early for equinoctial gales, thus Antony was anxious to be gone, hoping to sail before a following wind and a following sea all the way around Cape Taenarum at the foot of the Peloponnese, and thus up to Athens and anchor in the Piraeus.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Everything eventually sailed from Tarentum, Tarentum being the nearer port for voyages heading for Athens around Cape Taenarum or for Patrae on the Gulf of Corinth.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Once we round Cape Taenarum the worst will be over.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

It was still a little early for equinoctial gales, thus Antony was anxious to be gone, hoping to sail before a following wind and a following sea all the way around Cape Taenarum at the foot of the Peloponnese, and thus up to Athens and anchor in the Piraeus.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

First they passed by Malea, and then along the Laconian coast they came to Taenarum, sea-garlanded town and country of Helios who gladdens men, where the thick-fleeced sheep of the lord Helios feed continually and occupy a glad-some country.

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

It behaved exactly as Fonteius had ordered when he made his offerings; even rounding Cape Taenarum was shorn of its dangers.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Once we round Cape Taenarum the worst will be over.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

“What about Sextus Pompeius, who now owns the Peloponnese and Cape Taenarum?”

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007