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Definition of Athos

1. Noun. An autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century.

Definition of Athos

1. Proper noun. (Greek mythology) one of the Gigantes ¹

2. Proper noun. A peninsula in Greece containing Mount Athos ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Athos

Literary usage of Athos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Twenty years after by Alexandre Dumas (1878)
"You have not forgotten Saint Gervais, Athos, and the napkin which was converted into a banner;" and he then related to Raoul the story of the bastion, ..."

2. The History of the Balkan Peninsula: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Ferdinand Schevill (1922)
"The Athos peninsula, commonly called among the Greeks the Holy Mountain, ... The Athos tongue, about twenty-five miles long and varying from three to five ..."

3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"MOUNT Athos The triple peninsula of Chalcidice, which protrudes far into the sea like a gigantic hand stretched out over the waters, is completely separated ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
""Monsieur," said Athos, loosening his hold, "you are sadly lacking in courtesy, ... I am not so sure of that," replied Athos. "Oh, if I was only not in such ..."

5. The vicomte de Bragelonne; or, Ten years later by Alexandre Dumas (1858)
"And Athos, seized with a mortal sweat, fainted in his bed, * any other cause ... The Vision of Athos. WHEN this fainting of Athos had ceased, the comte, ..."

6. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1851)
"In 1614, Parthenius of ' the Morea, and Gabriel of Athos, two of the then superiors ... It is the custom in ' Athos to dig up every grave after three years, ..."

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