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Messenian, n. and a.|mɛˈsiːnɪən|
[f. L. Messenius, Gr. Μεσσήνιος Messenian + -an.]
A. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of Messenia, a region in the south-west Peloponnese bordered on the east by Laconia.
b. The dialect of this region.
B. adj. Of or belonging to Messenia.
1579North tr. Plutarch's Lives 674 The Lacedæmonians brake of from this general peace, and..made warre, in hope to recouer the Messenians contrie. 1600Holland tr. Livy's Romane Hist. xxxvi. 936 But the Messenians..sent the embassadors away. 1794T. Taylor tr. Pausanias' Descr. Greece I. iv. iv. 346 A disagreement, for the first time, took place between the Messenians and Lacedæmonians. 1826Kaleidoscope 14 Feb. 261/2 Ephemerus, the Messenian, advanced this paradoxical opinion. 1830W. M. Leake Trav. Morea I. 366 Andhrússa..is advantageously situated, overlooking the rich Messenian plain. 1910C. D. Buck Introd. Study Gk. Dial. 10 The Doric Group... 2. Messenian. There is scarcely any material until a late period, when the dialect is no longer pure. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXV. 610/1 Under Alcamenes and Theopompus a war broke out between the Spartans and the Messenians, their neighbours on the west. 1958R. Liddell Morea ii. 95 Currants from the rich Messenian vineyards lay everywhere. 1960A. R. Burn Lyric Age Greece ix. 182 A Messenian hero, Aristomenes..gained fame in song. 1968V. Ehrenberg From Solon to Socrates ii. 33 The kings Polydorus and Theopompus, the contemporaries of the First Messenian War. Ibid. vii. 275 The place was held by Messenians from Naupactus. 1969A. Toynbee Some Probl. Greek Hist. iii. ii. 164 It is probable that the Laconians and Messenians..were of mixed origin. 1972A. Bartoněk Classification West Gk. Dial. 91 In principle..Messenian produces the impression of representing an archaic form of Laconian. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VI. 822/3 Many modern historians believe that there were only two early Messenian wars; the first (c. 735–c. 715) was the Spartan conquest of Messenia; but a Messenian revolt precipitated a second war, in which the Spartans were ultimately successful. |