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Definition of Issus
1. Noun. A battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III.
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Geographical relationships: Anatolia, Asia Minor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Issus
Literary usage of Issus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury (1900)
"BATTLE OF Issus The Great King had already crossed the Euphrates at the ...
He then returned eastward, and advanced to Issus under At Issus, Mount Amanus. ..."
2. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1862)
"THE exact battle-field of Issus cannot be certainly assigned upon the evidence
... The annexed Plan, of the country round the Gulf of Issus, will enable the ..."
3. A History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1851)
"The Battle of Issus. IT is not easy to combine the accounts given by Alexander's
APPENDIX historians of the operations immediately preceding the battle of ..."
4. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1830)
"Parmenio had taken the little city of Issus, and, after possessing himself of
... The king left the sick in Issus, marched his whole army through the pass, ..."
5. A History of Ancient Geography Among the Greeks and Romans from the Earliest by Edward Herbert Bunbury (1883)
"MOUNTAIN PASSES NEAR Issus. The topography of the passes leading from Cilicia
into Syria, and the movements of the Greek and Persian armies in connexion ..."
6. A History of Ancient Geography Among the Greeks and Romans from the Earliest by Edward Herbert Bunbury (1883)
"MOUNTAIN PASSES NEAR Issus. The topography of the passes leading from Cilicia
into Syria, and the movements of the Greek and Persian armies in connexion ..."
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