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LONGINICO

Volume 10 · 64 words · 1797 Edition

a town of Turkey in Europe, in the Morea, anciently called *Olympia*, famous for being the place where the Olympic games were celebrated, and for the temple of Jupiter Olympus, about a mile distant. It is now but a small place, seated on the river Alpheus, 10 miles from its mouth, and 50 south of Leptanto. F. Long. 22. c. N. Lat. 37° 30'.