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‖ periplus|ˈpɛrɪplʌs|
[L. periplūs (Pliny), a. Gr. περίπλους a sailing round, f. περί around + πλόος, πλοῦς voyage: in F. périple, It., Sp. periplo.]
1. The action of sailing round, circumnavigation; a voyage (or journey) round a coast-line, etc.; a circuit.
b. transf. A narrative of such a voyage.
1776R. Chandler Trav. Greece 221 The harbour of Epidaurus is long. Its periplus or circuit has fifteen stadia. 1853De Quincey Autobiog. Sk. xv. Wks. 1862 XIV. 455 My mother now entered upon a periplus, or systematic circumnavigation of all England. 1854Thoreau Walden (1863) 319 It is wafted past the site of the fabulous islands of Atlantis and the Hesperides, makes the periplus of Hanno.
b.1803W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. I. 438 Many a periplus, many an itinerary was published. 1869Liddell & Scott Grk. Lex. s.v. Περίπλοος, Periplus is the title of several geograph. works, still extant, by Scylax, Nearchus, Agatharchides, Hanno. 1904W. H. Stevenson in Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 139 note, This Greek original was made up from a periplus from the Pillars of Hercules to Gades.
2. A manœuvre in ancient Greek naval combats.
1850Grote Greece ii. lx. VII. 448 note, The periplus practised by a lighter ship to avoid direct collision against a heavier. Ibid. lxiv. VIII. 234 This diekplus and periplus were the special manœuvres of the Athenian navy. |
