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marpessa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
marpes-sa
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A town of ancient Greece in Paros.

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An Aetolian princess and daughter of Evenus.

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Alternative form of Marpesia (“Amazon queen”).

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A Theban woman whose betrothed, Phylleus, was killed by Tydeus during the campaign of the Seven against Thebes.

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The woman who led the women of Tegea to defend the city during a war from an invasion led by the Spartan king Charilaus.

Questions

What does marpessa mean?
A town of ancient Greece in Paros.

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