Definition of Nostoi

1. nostos [n] - See also: nostos

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nostoi

nostalgiacs
nostalgias
nostalgic
nostalgically
nostalgics
nostalgie de la boue
nostalgist
nostalgists
nostalgize
nostalgized
nostalgizes
nostalgizing
nostalgy
nostoc
nostocs
nostoi (current term)
nostologies
nostology
nostomania
nostophobia
nostos
nostra
nostra remedia
nostrificate
nostrificated
nostrificates
nostrificating
nostrification
nostrifications
nostrified

Literary usage of Nostoi

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

1. The Mythology of the Aryan Nations by George William Cox (1870)
"But if the myth of Achilleus is, as Phoinix himself is made The to say, only another form of the tale of Meleagros, the story of nostoi' the sun doomed to ..."

2. History of Ancient Pottery by Samuel Birch (1858)
"... Hyperborean legends — Phrygian legends — Orpheus, and Eurydice — Troica — Ante- Homérica — Homérica — Post-Homerica — Unidentified subjects — the nostoi ..."

3. Homer and the Epic by Andrew Lang (1893)
"The nostoi, according to Pausanias (x. 28, 7) contained an account of Hades. In some way the story of Medea restoring ./Kson to youth occurred in the ..."

4. A History of Ancient Greek Literature by Harold North Fowler (1902)
"The Sack of Troy was followed by the nostoi, the Returns. ... The nostoi. T ,, r, ..... ,, , . and the poem is said to have had five books. ..."

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