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Answer for the clue "Arcade in ancient Athens ", 6 letters:
lesche

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Lesche or Lesches can have several meanings: Lesche , an ancient Greek word meaning, among other things, council or conversation Lesches , a semi-legendary early Greek poet Verné Lesche , a Finnish speed skater Lesches, Seine-et-Marne , a French commune ...

Usage examples of lesche.

I directed our path toward the Lesche, the great hall erected by the people of Cnidus, a meeting and discussion place.

I headed up to the Lesche, hoping that Ampheus might be there on some administrative duty.

I looked over toward the Lesche with its painting of the fall of Troy.

At Delphi he painted on the walls of the building called Lesche two celebrated pictures, the taking of Troy and the descent of Ulysses into Hades.

His greatest and probably his earliest works were the two pictures in the Lesche at Delphi.

The building called Lesche was thought to have been of elliptical form, with a colonnade on either side, separated by a wall in the middle, and to have been about 90 ft in length.

Father Lesches had been turned down repeatedly in his requests for a parish of his own, and it was thought that he must have suffered a mental breakdown and focused the blame for his rejections upon Bishop Heffron.

Father Lesches was judged legally insane and committed to the Hospital for the Dangerously Insane at St.

Lynch, a close friend of Bishop Heffron and a known opponent of Father Lesches, was found dead, sprawled across his bed in such a manner that his body and the bed formed a cross.

Father Lynch and Father Lesches shuddered when they heard which particular passage had survived the consuming flames.