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853 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. Charles Short, Charlton T. Lewis, A Latin Dictionary alphabetic letter P, entry Pyrrhus
   King of Epirus, about 280 B.C., an enemy of the Romans; on account of his descent from Achilles, called Aeacides (v. h. v.), ; ; ; ; ; ; sqq. (22.98)

2. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) (eds. G. E. Marindin, William Smith, LLD, William Wayte) alphabetic letter P
   Dio Cassius (liii. 12) states the distribution of the provinces by Augustus thus: the provinces of Africa, Numidia, Asia, Hellas (Achaia), with Epirus, Dalmatia, Macedonia, Sicilia, Crete with the Cyrenaica, Bithynia with Pontus, Sardinia and Baetica, belonged to the senate and people ( (19.67)

3. Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon alphabetic letter *g, entry *gami/lios
   ), name of month in Epirus, (Dodona). (15.98)

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1 from Renaissance Materials

1. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Toryne
   Toryne, place in ancient Epirus: . (4.14)

1 from The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra

1. Appendices section DRAMATIC VERSIONS, subsection Kleopatra und Antonius, by Cornelius von Ayrenhoff
   Cleop. Octavia enters with Cæsar's letter of assent to Antony's proposition: Cæsar will lay down his power and live as a private citizen in Epirus; Cleopatra's throne shall be unmolested. (4.14)

1 from The Bolles Collection on the History of London

1. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter B, entry 3329
   colonial governor; educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Oxford; B.A. and fellow of Brasenose, 1844; M.A., 1847; entered Lincoln's Inn, 1844; president of university of Corfu, 1847-51; chief secretary to government in Ionian Islands, 1854; K.C.M.G., 1856; first governor of Queensland, 1859; G.C.M.G., 1860; appointed governor of New Zealand, 1867; successfully pursued policy of conciliation towards Maoris and settlers; governor of Victoria, 1872; honorary D.C.L. Oxford, 1875; appointed to Mauritius, 1879, and Hongkong, 1882; reconstructed colonial legislature and established friendly foreign policy; retired from office, 1887; privy councillor, 1886; honorary LL.D. Cambridge, 1886; chief of royal commission on new constitution of Malta, 1887; published ‘Mount Athos, Thessaly, and Epirus’ (1852), and other works. (6.12)

1 from American Memory: Chesapeake Bay

1. Rees Lloyd, The Richmond alarm; a plain and familiar discourse in the form of a dialogue between a father and his son; in three parts, page 33
   Patriarch of Constantinople, over the churches in Illiricum, Epirus, Peloponnesus, Achaia and the Isles of Archipelago, Bythynia, Capadocia, Missa, and the seven churches of the Lesser Asia. (2.28)

6 from Beazley Archive

1. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 22185
   EPIRUS, ARTA (11.11)

2. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 16058
   EPIRUS (8.57)

3. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 5047
   EPIRUS, MICHALISTSI (8.57)

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