Central Greece

Central Greece, that is, the country lying immediately north of the Corinthian Gulf, broke into revolt a few weeks later than the Morea.

A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 Charles Alan Fyffe 1868

The Slavs controlled the Danube regions, Thrace, Macedonia, and were soon invading Central Greece and the Peloponnesus.

De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » The Campaigns of Emperor Herakleios (620-6), according to the Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor 2009

Central Greece was populous but neither it nor the Cycladic Islands were in a position to provide the Persians with many ships, let alone hundreds and hundreds.

The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

Central Greece was populous but neither it nor the Cycladic Islands were in a position to provide the Persians with many ships, let alone hundreds and hundreds.

The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

Parnassus and Helicon, in Central Greece, -- beautiful mountains clad with trees and vines and filled with fountains, -- were believed to be the favorite haunts of the Muses.

General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

-- Coming now to Central Greece, lying northward of the Corinthian Gulf, we find Acarnania on the far west, for the most part a productive country with good harbors: but the

Mosaics of Grecian History Marcius Willson

Central Greece was divided into eleven districts, among which were Phocis,

General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

Pho'cis, Breo'tia, and At'tica (the latter forming the eastern extremity of the whole peninsula); and Southern Greece, which the ancients called Pel-o-pon-ne'sus, or the Island of Pe'lops, which would be an island were it not for the narrow Isthmus of Corinth, which connects it on the north with Central Greece.

Mosaics of Grecian History Marcius Willson

Branching off at right angles to these mountains is the Pindus range, which runs south into Central Greece.

General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

Pericles was making the maritime supremacy of Athens more secure, he was endeavoring to build up for her a land empire in Central Greece.

General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers