Both Uses of
Constantinople
in
The Princess Bride
- It was gray and dark and they were hotfooting it out of Constantinople just as fast as they could because Fezzik had just demolished their champion before most of the crowd was even seated.†
p. 164.4Constantinople = capital of the Byzantium Empire (also known as the Eastern Roman Empire)
- He remembered fleeing Constantinople because he had beaten their champion so quickly.†
p. 171.3 *
Definition:
capital of the Byzantium Empire (also known as the Eastern Roman Empire); Constantine renamed the city of Byzantium to Constantinople in the fourth century; in 1930 Turkey renamed it to Istanbul