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nounthe southern peninsula of Greece; dominated by Sparta until the 4th century BC
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- olympia a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games
- arcadia a department of Greece in the central Peloponnese
- argos an ancient city in southeastern Greece; dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century BC
- achaea a region of ancient Greece on the north coast of the Peloponnese
- patrai a port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese on an inlet of the Ionian Sea; was a major trade center from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC; commercial importance revived during the Middle Ages
- patras a port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese on an inlet of the Ionian Sea; was a major trade center from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC; commercial importance revived during the Middle Ages