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Definition of Patrai
1. Noun. A port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese on an inlet of the Ionian Sea; was a major trade center from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC; commercial importance revived during the Middle Ages.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patrai
Literary usage of Patrai
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Federal Government from the Foundation of the Achaian League to by Edward Augustus Freeman (1863)
"The people of patrai crossed over to help the ... He goes on to say that these
small townships were all reunited to patrai liy Augustus ..."
2. History of Federal Government from the Foundation of the Achaian League to by Edward Augustus Freeman (1863)
"The people of patrai crossed over to help the ... He goes on to say that these
small townships were all reunited to patrai by Augustus ..."
3. History of Federal Government in Greece and Italy by Edward Augustus Freeman, John Bagnell Bury (1893)
"Union of Five years after the union of patrai and Dyme, the people of A'P°° Aigion
themselves expelled their garrison and joined the Union. Sura. ..."
4. An Essay on Greek Federal Coinage by John Byrne Leicester Warren (1863)
"It could hardly be struck by a local tyrant in honour of Antigonos Gonatas, as
patrai revived the League (Bc 280} three years before he obtained permanent ..."
5. Public Organization in Ancient Greece: A Documentary Study by Nicholas F. Jones (1987)
"Andrewes assumes a high degree of regional cohesion; but if, as he himself argues,
those patrai bearing patronymic names are of Classical or earlier origins ..."
6. The Right of Spoil of the Popes of Avignon, 1316-1415 by Daniel Williman (1988)
"Former archdeacon of Reggio; bishop of Ventimiglia from 1348; of Tricarico from
1350; archbishop of patrai from 1365. 24-26 May 1372 (Coll. ..."