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Plataea

noun
1.
A former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC.
2.
A defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC.  Synonym: battle of Plataea.





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"Plataea" Quotes from Famous Books



... topography would not trouble such an one. To the sophist an island is an island, a river a river, a height a height, everywhere. Sphacteria would furnish the model for Morris Island; the Achelous would serve indifferently for Potomac or Mississippi, the Epipolae for Missionary Ridge, Plataea for Vicksburg, the harbor of Syracuse for Hampton Roads; and Thucydides' description of the naval engagement and the watching crowds would be made available for the ...
— The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 • Basil L. Gildersleeve


Words linked to "Plataea" :   Boeotia, town, pitched battle, battle of Plataea


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