Definition of Diadochi

1. the monarchs of the split empire of Alexander the Great [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diadochi

diacytosis
diad
diadduct
diadelphia
diadelphous
diadelphy
diadem
diademed
diademed sifaka
diademed sifakas
diademing
diadems
diadenosine polyphosphate hydrolase
diadenosine triphosphate hydrolase
diadermic
diadochi (current term)
diadochite
diadochocinesia
diadochokinesia
diadochokinesis
diadochokinetic
diadrom
diadromous
diadroms
diads
diadumenos
diaereses
diaeresis
diaeretic
diag

Literary usage of Diadochi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1862)
"... was imt ow1"' in reality the work of the diadochi who came after him ... the aspirations, and the interests of these diadochi—Antigonus, Ptolemy, ..."

2. Greece: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm), Karl Baedeker (1894)
"... world which dominated the subsequent development of art had already gained the upper hand. Greek Art in the lime of the diadochi. Pergamon. Rhodes. ..."

3. The History of Greece from Its Commencement to the Close of the Independence by Adolf Holm (1902)
"CHAPTER H THE diadochi DOWN TO THE DEATH OF SELEUCUS (316-280) His old comrades very soon rose against the ambitious and arrogant Antigonus. ..."

4. Greek Life and Thought: From the Age of Alexander to the Roman Conquest by John Pentland Mahaffy (1887)
"These Epigoni were in many respects nearer to Alexander in character and aims than any of the other and older diadochi. They had that knight-errant quality ..."

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