Piraeus
[pai'ri:əs;pi'rei-]
Examples
- But at my age I can hardly get to the city, and therefore you should come oftener to the Piraeus. Plato. The Republic.
- They had the hardihood to march into the Piraeus in the early dusk and hire a carriage. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I went down yesterday to the Piraeus with Glaucon the son of Ariston, that I might offer up my prayers to the goddess (Bendis, the Thracian Artemis. Plato. The Republic.
- We sidled toward the Piraeus--not running you understand, but only advancing with celerity. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He was coming up from the Piraeus outside the north wall, and he passed a spot where there were dead bodies lying by the executioner. Plato. The Republic.
- I suppose that fellow that rode by on the mule posted all the sentinels, from Athens to the Piraeus, about us. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We arrived, and entered the ancient harbor of the Piraeus at last. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Rena