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Definition of Mantineia
1. Noun. The site of three famous battles among Greek city-states: in 418 BC and 362 BC and 207 BC.
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Geographical relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantineia
Literary usage of Mantineia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Federal Government from the Foundation of the Achaian League to by Edward Augustus Freeman (1863)
"The Lacedaemonian party in that city had now recovered its superiority ; the
Achaian Mantineia garrison was massacred or expelled; ..."
2. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1869)
"He knew that the hostile army from Mantineia would be immediately put in march
... Now the straight road from Mantineia to Sparta (a course nearly due south ..."
3. A General History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Death of by George William Cox (1876)
"At a distance nearly midway between the cities of Tegea on the south and of
Mantineia on the north the great plain (now known by the name of ..."
4. History of Federal Government from the Foundation of the Achaian League to by Edward Augustus Freeman (1863)
"Mantineia and Tegea, the two chief among them, were frequently hostile to one
another. At this very time we find them in marked opposition ; Tegea adhered ..."
5. Catalogue of Casts by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Edward Robinson (1896)
"520A-C. Three Reliefs from Mantineia. In the National Museum, Athens. ... Found,
August n, 1887, at Mantineia, in Arkadia, during the excavations of the ..."
6. An Ancient History for Beginners by George Willis Botsford (1902)
"The Theban commander attempted by forced marches to capture Sparta, then Mantineia,
in the hope that he might thus establish peace without a battle; ..."
7. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1888)
"He knew that the hostile army from Mantineia would be immediately put in march
... Now the straight road from Mantineia to Sparta (a course nearly due south ..."
8. The History of Greece by William Mitford (1823)
"... Lycomedes of Mantineia, returning unexpectedly, carried it by a sudden assault,
and put those within to the sword. February. SECTION IV. ..."
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