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LONGINICO

Volume 13 · 63 words · 1842 Edition

a town of Turkey in Europe, in the Morea, anciently called Olympia, and famous as having been the place where the Olympic games were celebrated. The temple of Jupiter Olympus was about a mile distant from this place. It is situated on the river Alpheus, ten miles from its mouth, and fifty south of Leptanto. Long. 22. 0. E. Lat. 37. 30. N.