Vale of Tempe

On its northern edge, lay a beautiful glen, called the Vale of Tempe, the only pass by which the plain of Thessaly could be entered from the north.

General History for Colleges and High Schools

The Thessalian rebels had blocked the only road through the Vale of Tempe just south of Mount Olympus and forced the Macedonians to a halt.

Alexander the Great

This is a hill situated at the entrance of the Vale of Tempe and commands a wide view of the plain of Larisa.

The History of Rome, Vol. VI

This place lies at the entrance to the Vale of Tempe, and forms a secure barrier against the invasion of Macedonia from that side, while it affords a convenient descent for the Macedonians into Thessaly.

The History of Rome, Vol. VI

Claudius traversed Macedonia by forced marches and gained the summit of the ridge which looks down on Gonni, a place twenty miles distant from Larisa at the head of the Vale of Tempe.

The History of Rome, Vol. V

Peninsula the Greeks had carved out an independent kingdom extending from Cape Matapan to the Vale of Tempe and the Gulf of Arta.

The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913 Third Edition

The Vale of Tempe is one of Martin's larger plates seldom seen in the collector's catalogue.

Promenades of an Impressionist

We are on the shore of Peneus, in the Vale of Tempe.

A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music

This is the very center of the mythologic world; there between Olympus and Ossa is the Vale of Tempe, where the Peneus, breaking through a narrow gorge fringed with the sacred laurel, reaches the gulf, south of ancient Heracleum.

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two

In the Vale of Tempe, which lies far north of Delphi, there lived a young girl whose name was Daphne.

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