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Athos

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Ath·os  (ths, ths, äthôs), Mount
A peak, about 2,034 m (6,670 ft) high, of northeast Greece. It is the site of the virtually independent monastic community of Mount Athos, originally founded in the tenth century.
Athos [ˈæθɒs ˈeɪ-]
n
(Placename) Mount. a mountain in NE Greece, in Macedonia Central region: site of the Monastic Republic of Mount Athos, autonomous since 1927 and inhabited by Greek Orthodox Basilian monks in 20 monasteries founded in the 10th century. Pop.: 1557 (1991)
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Noun1.AthosAthos - an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century
Mount Athos
Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil


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You know what Athos told you the other day; you eat at everybody's mess.
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
A brow white and void of wrinkles, beneath his long hair, now more white than black; an eye piercing and mild, under the lids of a young man; his mustache, fine but slightly grizzled, waved over lips of a pure and delicate model, as if they had never been curled by mortal passions; a form straight and supple; an irreproachable but thin hand -- this was what remained of the illustrious gentleman whom so many illustrious mouths had praised under the name of Athos.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Since the departure of Athos for Blois, Porthos and D'Artagnan were seldom together.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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