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Definition of Leuctra
1. Noun. Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta's military supremacy in Greece.
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Geographical relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leuctra
Literary usage of Leuctra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"It remained for a Theban newcomer, whom Xenophon does not even mention in his
account of the battle of Leuctra, to march into Sparta and prove that her ..."
2. Ancient History by Hutton Webster (1913)
"When news of Leuctra arrived, the ephors de- Battle of livered the names of the
slain to their families and Leuctra, friends, "with a word of warning to the ..."
3. A History of Greece: For Colleges and High Schools by Philip Van Ness Myers (1895)
"The Thebans marched out and met the invaders at Leuctra, not far from Thes- pise.
... The Spartans at Leuctra formed their line in the usual way. ..."
4. The History of Greece by William Mitford (1823)
"Affairs of GREECE, from the Elevation of THEBES, by the Battle of Leuctra, to
the failure of the Attempt to extend the THEBAN SUPREMACY over GREECE, ..."
5. Ancient History by Philip Van Ness Myers (1916)
"The Thebans met the invaders at Leuctra. The Spartans had no other thought than
that they ... The Spartans at Leuctra formed their line in the usual way. ..."
6. A History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1849)
"FKOM THE END OF THE WAR WITH OLYNTHUS TO THE BATTLE OF Leuctra. ... Cleombrotus at
Leuctra. — Visions and Omens. — Battle of Leuctra. ..."
7. A Short History of Greece by William Spry Robinson (1895)
"CHAPTER XXXIII BATTLE OF Leuctra I THE THEBAN SUPREMACY Dates. ... of Mount
Helicon and advanced upon Thebes ; at Leuctra, ten miles southwest of Thebes, ..."
8. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1913)
"Leuctra; the Overthrow of Sparta. — The war dragged along for some years; and in
371 BC, the contending parties, wearied with fruitless strife, ..."
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